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Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Caravelí

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Country
  
Peru

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Ecclesiastical province
  
Ayacucho

Area
  
29,229 km²

Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2004)115,000105,000 (91.3%)

Bishop
  
sede vacante (vacant see); Bishop Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C., the outgoing Bishop, was named Bishop-designate of the Military Ordinariate of Peru on Wednesday, 16 July 2014, by Pope Francis

The Territorial Prelature of Caravelí (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Caraveliensis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Caravelí in the Ecclesiastical province of Ayacucho in Peru.

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History

The Territorial Prelature of Caravelí was established on 14 December 1996 from the Metropolitan Diocese of Ayacucho and Metropolitan Diocese of Arequipa.

Leadership

  • Prelates of Caravelí (Roman rite)
  • Federico Kaiser Depel, M.S.C. (21 November 1957 - 25 May 1971)
  • Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer, M.S.C. (26 January 1983 - 18 June 2005)
  • Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C. (18 June 2005 - 16 July 2014); named Bishop-designate of the Military Ordinariate of Peru by Pope Francis

    • References

    Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Caravelí Wikipedia
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