Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiclayo
Diocese of Chiclayo Dioecesis Chiclayensis | |
|---|---|
 Cathedral of St. Mary | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Metropolitan | Piura |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 18,226 km2 (7,037 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members) | (as of 2006) 1,218,000 1,115,000 (91.5%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Catedral Santa María |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Robert Francis Prevost |
| Bishops emeritus | Jesús Moliné Labarte |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiclayo (Latin: Chiclayen(sis)) is a Latin Catholic suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Piura in Peru's northwestern Lambayeque region.
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Santa María in the city of Chiclayo.
History[]
- Established on 17 December 1956 as Diocese of Chiclayo on territory split off from the Diocese of Cajamarca and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo[citation needed]
Bishops[]
- Bishop (17 December 1956 – 30 January 1967), previously Titular Bishop of Parnassus & Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (12 April 1945 – 22 September 1946), Bishop of Huancayo (Peru) (22 September 1946 – 17 December 1956)
- Auxiliary Bishop Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira (30 April 1961 – 26 April 1968), Titular Bishop of Nilopolis (30 April 1961 – 10 January 1978), Bishop-Prelate of Yauyos (Peru) (26 April 1968 – 2 March 1996), later Metropolitan Archbishop of Arequipa (2 March 1996 – 29 November 2003)
- Bishop (26 April 1968 – 4 May 1998), previously Bishop-Prelate of Yauyos (12 April 1957 – 26 April 1968), Titular Bishop of Ariassus (29 October 1963 – 26 April 1968)
- Bishop (4 May 1998 – 3 November 2014), previously Coadjutor Bishop of Chiclayo (8 February 1997 – 4 May 1998)
- Bishop Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. (Appointed Apostolic Administrator of Chiclayo and Titular Bishop of Sufar by Pope Francis on 3 November 2014; ordained Bishop, 12 December 2014.
Coadjutor bishop[]
- (1997-1998)
Auxiliary bishop[]
- Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira (1961-1968), appointed Prelate of Yauyos
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[]
- , appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua in 2005
- , appointed Bishop of Ica in 2007
See also[]
- Roman Catholicism in Peru
References[]
Sources and external links[]
Coordinates: 6°46′18″S 79°50′16″W / 6.7717°S 79.8378°W
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- Roman Catholic dioceses in Peru
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