Callao diocese
Callao diocese
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Country | Peru |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Lima |
Diocesan bishop | Sedis vacancy |
Apostolic Administrator | Robert F. Prevost OSA |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | José Luis del Palacio y Pérez-Medel |
founding | 1967 |
surface | 147,850 km² |
Parishes | 56 (12/31/2015 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 1,082,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 976,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 90.2% |
Diocesan priest | 90 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 24 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 8,561 |
Permanent deacons | 9 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 64 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 179 (December 31, 2015 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Spanish |
Website | www.diocesisdelcallao.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Callao ( Latin Dioecesis Callaënsis , Spanish diócesis del Callao ) is an in Peru situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Callao .
history
The diocese Callao was on April 29, 1967 by Pope Paul VI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Aptiorem Ecclesiarum dispositionem from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Cuzco and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Lima as a suffragan .
Bishops of Callao
- Eduardo Picher Peña , August 3, 1967 - May 31, 1971, then Archbishop of Huancayo
- Luis Vallejos Santoni , September 20, 1971 - January 14, 1975, then Archbishop of Cuzco
- Ricardo Durand Flórez SJ (Archbishop ad personam ), January 14, 1975 - August 17, 1995
- Miguel Irízar Campos CP , August 17, 1995 - December 12, 2011
- José Luis del Palacio y Pérez-Medel , December 12, 2011 - April 15, 2020
- Sedisvakanz since April 15, 2020
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Aptiorem Ecclesiarum dispositionem , AAS 59 (1967), n. 17, p. 1105ff.