Diocese of Huánuco

Diocese of Huánuco
Basic data
Country	Peru
Metropolitan bishopric	Archdiocese of Huancayo
Diocesan bishop	Neri Menor Vargas OFM
Emeritus diocesan bishop	Jaime Rodríguez Salazar MCCJ
founding	1865
surface	45,000 km²
Parishes	34 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 )
Residents	981,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 )
Catholics	883,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 )
proportion of	90%
Diocesan priest	34 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 )
Religious priest	24 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 )
Catholics per priest	15,224
Permanent deacons	23 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 )
Friars	27 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 )
Religious sisters	67 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Spanish
cathedral	Catedral del Señor de Burgos
Website	https://diocesisdehuanuco.com

The Diocese of Huanuco ( lat. : Dioecesis Huanucensis ) is in the northern Peruvian Andes situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Huanuco .

history

The Spanish colonial administration had intended to found a new diocese based in Huánuco as early as the 17th century. But the plans stalled, as did a corresponding initiative by the Congress of the Republic of Peru in 1832. Finally, an advance by President Juan Antonio Pezet to the Holy See in 1864 was successful Archdiocese of Lima established. Several times in its history it gave up parts of its territory to establish new dioceses. The Diocese of Huánuco is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Huancayo as a suffragan . The diocese includes the Huánuco region .

Bishops of Huánuco

Cathedral in Huánuco

• Manuel Teodoro del Valle , March 27, 1865-29. August 1872, then Archbishop of Lima
• Alfonso María de la Cruz Sardinas Zavala OFM , October 31, 1889 – June 1902
• Pedro Pablo Drinot y Piérola SS.CC. , June 8, 1904-21. October 1920
• Francisco Rubén Berroa y Bernedo , August 12, 1922-24. November 1946, then Bishop of Ica
• Teodosio Moreno Quintana , June 27, 1947-17. December 1956, then Bishop of Huaraz
• Ignacio Arbulú Pineda , February 6, 1959-6. April 1979
• Anton Kühner MCCJ , July 24, 1980–22. January 1991
• Ermanno Artale Ciancio SDB , June 21, 1994–17. September 2003
• Jaime Rodríguez Salazar MCCJ, December 16, 2004-12. May 2016
• Neri Menor Vargas OFM , since May 12, 2016

See also

• Roman Catholic Church in Peru
• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses

Web links

Commons : Roman Catholic Diocese of Huánuco  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Entry on Diocese of Huánuco on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved June 6, 2011.

Footnotes

1. ^ Javier Castillo Arroyo: La Iglesia en Huancayo . Arzobispado de Huancayo, Huancayo 1995, p. 14.
2. ^ Conferencia Episcopal Peruana: Directorio Eclesiástico 2002 . CEP, Lima 2002, p. 603.
3. ^ Conferencia Episcopal Peruana: Directorio Eclesiástico 2002 . CEP, Lima 2002, p. 604.