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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ayacucho

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Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
26,777 km²

Auxiliary bishop
  
Gabino Miranda Melgarejo

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Peru

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 511,000 297,000 (58.1%)

Auxiliary Bishops
  
Gabino Miranda Melgarejo (he has been excardinated, or dismissed, and laicized -returned to the lay state- for sexual misconduct)

Bishop
  
Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón

Cathedral
  
Cathedral Basilica of St. Mary, Ayacucho

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ayacucho or Huamanga (Latin: Ayacuquensis o Huamangensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Ayacucho in Peru.

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History

  • 20 July 1609: Established as Diocese of Guamanga from the Diocese of Cusco, suffragen of the archdioceses of Lima
  • 1838: Seat of the diocese transferred to Ayacucho
  • 30 June 1966: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ayacucho

    • Ordinaries

  • Agustín de Carvajal, O.S.A. (7 May 1612 - 19 Aug 1618 Died)
  • Francisco Verdugo Cabrera (14 Mar 1622 - 20 Jul 1636 Died)
  • Gabriel de Zarate, O.P. (14 Dec 1637 - 1638 Died)
  • Antonio Corderiña Vega, O.S.A. (26 May 1642 - 1649 Died)
  • Andrés García de Zurita (1649 - 4 Apr 1650 Appointed, Bishop of Trujillo)
  • Francisco de Godoy (2 May 1650 - 1 Sep 1659 Appointed, Bishop of Trujillo)
  • Cipriano Medina, O.P. (16 Feb 1660 - 1664 Died)
  • Vasco Jacinto de Contreras y Valverde (7 Jun 1666 - 1668 Died)
  • Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora (11 Jun 1668 - 8 Nov 1677 Appointed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas)
  • Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa (12 Jun 1679 - 15 Nov 1688 Appointed, Bishop of Quito)
  • Francisco Luis de Bruna Rico (6 Dec 1688 - 1689 Died)
  • Mateo Delgado (12 Dec 1689 - Jul 1695 Died)
  • Diego Ladrón de Guevara (11 Apr 1699 - 15 Sep 1704 Appointed, Bishop of Quito)
  • Francisco de Deza y Ulloa (17 Dec 1716 - 22 Apr 1722 Died)
  • Alfonso Roldán, O.S.Bas. (30 Aug 1723 - 22 Feb 1741 Died)
  • Miguel Bernardino de la Fuenta y Rojas (7 Aug 1741 - 1742 Died)
  • Francisco Gutiérrez Galeano, O. de M. (25 Jan 1745 - 12 Oct 1748 Died)
  • Felipe Manrique de Lara (23 Feb 1750 - 31 Jan 1763 Died)
  • José Luis de Lila y Moreno, O.S.A. (20 Aug 1764 - 25 Dec 1768 Died)
  • Miguel Moreno y Ollo (12 Mar 1770 - Feb 1780 Died)
  • Francisco López Sánchez (10 Dec 1781 - 2 Mar 1790 Died)
  • Bartolomé Fabro Palacios (11 Apr 1791 - 10 Jul 1795 Died)
  • Francisco Matienzo (27 Jun 1796 - 1802 Died)
  • José Antonio Martínez de Aldunate (26 Mar 1804 - 8 Apr 1811 Died)
  • José Vicente Silva Avilés y Olave Salaverría (15 Mar 1815 - 26 Oct 1816 Died)
  • Pedro Gutiérrez de Cos y Saavedra Seminario (16 Mar 1818 - 13 Mar 1826 Confirmed, Bishop of Puerto Rico)
  • Juan Rodríguez Reymúndez (17 Sep 1838 Confirmed - Did Not Take Effect)
  • Santiago José O’ Phelan Recabarren (12 Jul 1841 Confirmed - 22 Sep 1857 Died)
  • José Francisco Ezequiel Moreyra (27 Mar 1865 - 23 Mar 1874 Died)
  • Juan José de Polo Valenzuela (17 Sep 1875 - 2 Nov 1882 Died)
  • Julian Cáceres Negrón (19 Jan 1893 - 21 Feb 1900 Resigned)
  • Fidel Olivas Escudero (19 Apr 1900 - 12 Apr 1935 Died)
  • Francesco Solano Muente y Campos, O.F.M. (30 May 1936 - 21 Jul 1939 Resigned)
  • Victorino Alvarez, S.D.B. (15 Dec 1940 - 2 Mar 1958 Died)
  • Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B. (28 Aug 1958 - 20 Nov 1979 Resigned)
  • Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. (20 Nov 1979 - 23 May 1991 Retired)
  • Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (13 May 1995 - 9 Jan 1999 Appointed, Archbishop of Lima)
  • Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre, S.M. (13 Jun 2001 - 6 Aug 2011 Retired)
  • Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón (6 Aug 2011 - )

    • Suffragan dioceses

  • Diocese of Huancavélica
  • Territorial Prelature of Caravelí

    • References

    Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ayacucho Wikipedia
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