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Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba

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Country
  
Peru

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Metropolitan
  
Trujillo

Area
  
45,775 km²

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 692,232 553,785 (80.0%)

Bishop
  
Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea

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

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History

  • March 7, 1948: Established as Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba from the Diocese of Chachapoyas

    • Leadership

  • Prelates of Moyobamba (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea (July 21, 2007 – Present)
  • Bishop José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. (June 6, 2000 – July 21, 2007)
  • Bishop Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. (August 25, 1967 – June 6, 2000)
  • Bishop Martin Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi, C.P. (January 15, 1949 – December 30, 1966)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba Wikipedia
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