Roman Catholic Diocese of Huaraz

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Parishes 30 Rite Roman Rite Country Peru		Denomination Catholic Church Area 13,818 km²

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)405,800365,000 (89.9%) Established 15 May 1899 (117 years ago) Cathedral Catedral de San Sebastián y la Inmaculada Concepción Bishop José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trujillo

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Huaraz is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Peru. Erected in 1899, the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Trujillo

The current bishop is José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona, appointed in Feb. 2004.

History

On 15 May 1899 Pope Leo XIII established the Diocese of Huaraz with territory taken from the Archdiocese of Lima. It lost territory when the Territorial Prelature of Huarí was established in 1958.

Ordinaries

Mariano Holguin, O.F.M. † (2 Jul 1904 - 30 May 1906) Appointed, Bishop of Arequipa

Pedro Pascual Francesco Farfán † (5 Mar 1907 - 19 Apr 1918) Appointed, Bishop of Cuzco

Domingo Juan Vargas, O.P. † (26 Aug 1920 - 1 Aug 1936)

Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz † (15 Dec 1940 - 17 Dec 1956) Appointed, Bishop of Huancayo

Teodosio Moreno Quintana (17 Dec 1956 - 21 Sep 1971)

Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. † (21 Sep 1971 - 18 Jan 1978) Appointed, Archbishop of Piura

Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. (18 Jan 1978 - 30 Aug 1985) Appointed, Archbishop of Huancayo

José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, S.D.B. (3 Jan 1987 - 14 Dec 1996) Appointed, Bishop of Lurín

Ivo Baldi Gaburri (14 Dec 1999 - 4 Feb 2004) Appointed, Prelate of Huarí

José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona (4 Feb 2004 - present)

References

Roman Catholic Diocese of Huaraz Wikipedia

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