Diocese of Chiclayo

Dioecesis Chiclayensis
Cathedral of St. Mary
Location
Country Peru
MetropolitanPiura
Statistics
Area18,226 km2 (7,037 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
1,218,000
1,115,000 (91.5%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
CathedralCatedral Santa María
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Bishopvacant
Bishops emeritus

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

The Diocese of Chiclayo was established on 17 December 1956 as the Diocese of Chiclayo on territory split off from the Diocese of Cajamarca and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo. On 17 April 1963, some of its territory was lost to form the Territorial Prelature of Chota.[1]

Bishops

Coadjutor bishop

  • Jesús Moliné Labarte (1997-1998)

Auxiliary bishop

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Marco Antonio Cortez Lara, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua in 2005
  • Héctor Eduardo Vera Colona, appointed Bishop of Ica in 2007

See also

References

  1. "Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru". GCatholic. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

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