Diocese of Abancay
| Diocese of Abancay | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Peru |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Cuzco |
| Diocesan bishop | Gilberto Gómez González |
| founding | 1958 |
| surface | 12,950 km² |
| Parishes | 20 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 374,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 359,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 96% |
| Diocesan priest | 48 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 1 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,327 |
| Friars | 6 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 143 ( 12/31/2015 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Madonna del Rosario |
| address | Apartado 42 Plaza de Armas s / n Abancay [Apurímac], Peru |
| Website | http://www.diocesisdeabancay.org/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Abancay ( lat. : Dioecesis Abancaiensis ) is in the central Peruvian Andes situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Abancay .
history
The diocese of Abancay was established on April 28, 1958 from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Cuzco and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On April 26, 1968, the diocese gave part of its territory to the establishment of the territorial prelature Chuquibambilla .
Sprengel
The diocese of Abancay comprises the four provinces of Abancay , Andahuaylas , Aymaraes and Chincheros of the Departamento de Apurímac .
Bishops of Abancay
- Alcides Mendoza Castro , December 5, 1962 - August 12, 1967, then military bishop of Peru
- Enrique Pélach y Feliú , June 20, 1968 - December 1, 1992
- Isidro Sala Ribera , December 1, 1992 - June 20, 2009
- Gilberto Gómez González , since June 20, 2009
In the first four years of its existence, Carlos María Jurgens Byrne CSsR , Archbishop of Cusco , was the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Abancay.
See also
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Footnotes
- ^ Conferencia Episcopal Peruana: Directorio Eclesiástico 2002 . CEP, Lima 2002, p. 93.