Roman Catholic Diocese of Cajamarca

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Metropolitan Trujillo Pope Francis Country Peru		Rite Latin Rite Area 15,333 km² Bishop José Carmelo Martínez

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)844,000804,000 (95.3%) Cathedral Catedral Santa Catalina Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trujillo

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cajamarca (Latin: Caiamarcen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Cajamarca in the Ecclesiastical province of Trujillo in Peru.

History

April 5, 1908: Established as Diocese of Cajamarca from the Diocese of Chachapoyas and Diocese of Trujillo

Bishops of Cajamarca (Roman rite)

Bishop José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R. (2004.10.12 – present)

Bishop Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno (1995.03.18 – 2004.02.04)

Archbishop Matias Patrício de Macêdo (1990.07.12 – 2000.07.12)

Bishop José Antonio Dammert Bellido (1962.03.19 – 1992.12.01)

Bishop Nemesio Rivera Meza (1960.01.28 – 1961.07.08)

Bishop Pablo Ramírez Taboado, SS.CC. (1947.09.05 – 1960.01.28)

Bishop Teodosio Moreno Quintana (1940.12.15 – 1947.06.27)

Bishop Giovanni Giuseppe Guillén y Salazar, C.M. (1933.12.21 – 1937.09.16)

Bishop Antonio Rafael Villanueva, O.F.M. (1928 – 1933.08.02)

Bishop Francesco di Paolo Grozo (1910.03.21 – 1928)

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