Metropolitan Trujillo Pope Francis Country Peru | Rite Latin Rite Area 23,500 km² Bishop Ángel Simón Piorno | |
Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2004)
655,000
570,000 (87.0%) Cathedral Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen y San Pedro
(Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
and St. Peter) Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trujillo | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chimbote (Latin: Cimbotien(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Chimbote in the Ecclesiastical province of Trujillo in Peru.
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History
On 26 November 1962 Pope John XXIII established the Territorial Prelature of Chimbote. It was promoted to the Diocese of Chimbote by Pope John Paul II on 6 April 1983.
Ordinaries
References
Roman Catholic Diocese of Chimbote Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA