Roman Catholic Diocese of Chulucanas

Diocese of Chulucanas Dioecesis Chulucanensis
Location
Country	Peru
Metropolitan	Piura
Statistics
Area	12,498 km2 (4,826 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2006) 485,000 435,000 (89.7%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Catedral la Sagrada Familia
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	, elect
Bishops emeritus	Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chulucanas (Latin: Chulucanen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Chulucanas in the Ecclesiastical province of Piura in Peru.

History[]

• 4 March 1964: Established as Territorial Prelature of Chulucanas
• 12 December 1988: Promoted as Diocese of Chulucanas

Bishops[]

Ordinaries[]

• Prelate of Chulucanas (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A. (1964.03.04 – 1988.12.12); see below
• Bishops of Chulucanas (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A. (1988.12.12 – 2000.10.28); see above
  • Bishop Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A. (2000.10.28 – 2020.04.02)
  • Bishop (2020.04.02 - present)

Coadjutor bishop[]

• Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A. (1996-2000)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop[]

• , appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo in 2008; did not take effect

See also[]

• Roman Catholicism in Peru

Sources[]

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

Coordinates: 5°05′50″S 80°09′40″W / 5.0972°S 80.1612°W / -5.0972; -80.1612

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