Diocese of Huacho
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Diocese of Huacho
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| Country | Peru |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Lima |
| Diocesan bishop | Antonio Santarsiero Rosa OSI |
| Vicar General | Carlos Alberto Gómez-Velásquez Plaza |
| founding | 1958 |
| surface | 14,992 km² |
| Parishes | 61 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 652,350 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 631,102 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 96.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 58 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 6 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 9,861 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 37 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 130 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | San Bartolomé |
| address | Obispado Apartado 104 Plaza de Armas s / n Huacho, Peru |
| Website | http://diocesisdehuacho.org/ |
The Diocese of Huacho ( Latin Dioecesis Huachensis , Spanish diócesis de Huacho ) is to the west of Peru located Roman Catholic diocese based in Huacho .
Sprengel
The diocese of Huacho comprises the six provinces of Barranca , Cajatambo , Canta , Huaral , Huaura and Oyón in the Lima region .
history
The Diocese of Huacho was on May 15, 1958 by Pope Pius XII. built with the Apostolic Constitution Egregia quidem from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Lima and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Bishops of Huacho
- Nemesio Rivera Meza , May 15, 1958-28. January 1960, then Bishop of Cajamarca
- Pablo Ramírez Taboado SS.CC. , January 28, 1960-19. December 1966
- Lorenzo León Alvarado OdeM , August 3, 1967-22. April 2003
- Antonio Santarsiero Rosa OSI , since February 4, 2004