Diocese of Huancavelica
| Diocese of Huancavelica | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Peru |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga |
| Diocesan bishop | Isidro Barrio Barrio |
| Vicar General | Mariano Hermida García |
| founding | 1944 |
| surface | 22,180 km² |
| Parishes | 25 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 488,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 436,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 89.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 49 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,898 |
| Religious sisters | 72 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish , Chanka-Quechua |
| cathedral | San Antonio |
| address | Jr. Manuel A. Segura s / n Huancavelica, Peru |
The Diocese of Huancavelica ( lat. Dioecesis Huancavelicensis ) is in the central Peruvian Andes situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Huancavelica .
It is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga as a suffragan .
The Diocese of Huancavelica was established on December 18, 1944 from cessions of territory from the Diocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga.
It covers the territory of the Huancavelica region .
Bishops of Huancavelica
- Alberto Maria Dettmann y Aragón OP , July 6, 1945 - June 28, 1948, then Bishop of Puno
- Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne CSsR , January 13, 1949 - February 7, 1954, then military bishop of Peru
- Florencio Coronado Romaní CSsR, March 1, 1956 - January 14, 1982
- William Dermott Molloy McDermott , January 14, 1982 - June 18, 2005
- Isidro Barrio Barrio , since June 18, 2005
See also
literature
- Juan José Polo Rubio (Ed.): La evangelización en Huancavelica . Menéndez Pelayo, Zaragoza 2003.
Web links
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