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Roman Catholic Diocese of Huarí

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Parishes
  
20

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Area
  
23,000 km²

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Peru

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 306,000 296,500 (96.9%)

Established
  
15 May 1958 (58 years ago)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trujillo

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Huarí (Latin: Dioecesis Huariensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Peru. Erected as a Territorial Prelature in 1958, elevation to a full diocese occurred on April 2008. The new diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Trujillo.

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The current bishop is Ivo Baldi Gaburri, appointed in Feb. 2004.

History

On 15 May 1958 Pope Pius XII established the Territorial Prelature of Huarí with territory taken from the Huánuco and the Diocese of Huaraz. It was elevated to a diocese by Pope Benedict XVI on 2 April 2008.

Ordinaries

  • Marco Libardoni, O.S.I. † (15 May 1958 - 25 Oct 1966)
  • Dante Frasnelli Tarter, O.S.I. (3 Aug 1967 - 13 Jun 2001)
  • Antonio Santarsiero Rosa, O.S.I. (13 Jun 2001 - 4 Feb 2004) Appointed, Bishop of Huacho
  • Ivo Baldi Gaburri (4 Feb 2004 - present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Huarí Wikipedia
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