Roman Catholic Diocese of Puno

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Rite Latin Rite Area 19,475 km²		Pope Francis Country Peru

Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2004)606,096515,182 (85.0%) Bishop Jorge Pedro Carrión Pavlich Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of St. Charles Borromeo, Puno Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Puno (Latin: Puniensis) is a diocese located in the city of Puno in the Ecclesiastical province of Arequipa in Peru.

History

7 October 1861: Established as Diocese of Puno from the Diocese of Cusco

Bishops of Puno (Roman rite)

Bishop Jorge Pedro Carrión Pavlich (since 2000.03.25)

Bishop Jesús Mateo Calderón Barrueto, O.P. (1972.11.03 – 1998.02.14)

Bishop Julio González Ruiz, S.D.B. (1959.03.02 – 1972.07.01)

Bishop Alberto Maria Dettmann y Aragón, O.P. (1948.06.28 – 1959.02.06)

Bishop Salvador Herrera y Pinto, O.F.M. (1933.12.21 – 1948.04.05)

Bishop Fedel María Cosió y Medyna (1923.01.07 – 1933.05.14)

Bishop Valentín Ampuero, C.M. (1909.03.16 – 1914.09.30)

Archbishop Ismael Puyrredón (1889.02.14 – 1907.08.28)

Bishop Juan Capistrano Estévanes, O.F.M. (1880.03.23 – 1880.10.01)

Bishop Pedro José Chávez (1875.07.25 – 1879.03.11)

Bishop Juan María Ambrosio Huerta (1864.11.02 – 1873)

Bishop Mariano Chacón Becerra (1861.06.17 – 1864)

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