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Roman Catholic Diocese of Huaraz

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Parishes
  
30

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Peru

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Area
  
13,818 km²

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Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 405,800 365,000 (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

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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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