Parishes 38 Rite Roman Rite Country Peru | Denomination Catholic Church Area 30,539 km² Bishop Marco Antonio Cortez Lara | |
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Population
- Total
- Catholics (as of 2010)
625,000
556,000 (89%) Established 18 December 1944 (72 years ago) Cathedral Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario Ecclesiastical province Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa | ||
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua (Latin: Dioecesis Tacnensis et Moqueguensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa in southern Peru, comprising the lay administrative regions Tacna Region and Moquegua region.
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History
On 18 December 1944 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Tacna from the territory of the Archdiocese of Arequipa. Blessed John Paul II renamed it the Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua on 11 July 1992.
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References
Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA