Diocese of Lurín
| Diocese of Lurín | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Peru |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Lima |
| Diocesan bishop | Carlos García Camader |
| Vicar General | Amadeo Raymi Mendoza |
| founding | 1996 |
| surface | 808 km² |
| Parishes | 50 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,572,239 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,210,624 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 77% |
| Diocesan priest | 70 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 30 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 12,106 |
| Permanent deacons | 3 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 62 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 112 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | San Pedro |
| Website | www.diocesisdelurin.org |
| Ecclesiastical province | |
Highlighted in red: the eponymous district of Lurín |
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The diocese of Lurín ( Latin Dioecesis Lurinensis , Spanish Diócesis de Lurín ) is a Roman Catholic diocese located in Peru .
Sprengel
The diocese comprises ten districts in the south of Lima. They are, from west to south, the districts of San Juan de Miraflores, Villa El Salvador, Villa María del Triunfo, Pachacámac, Lurín (the eponymous district), Punta Hermosa, Punta Negra, San Bartolo, Santa María del Mar and Pucusana.
history
The diocese of Lurín was established on December 14, 1996 from cessions of territory from the Archdiocese of Lima and subordinated to this as a suffragan . Auxiliary Bishop Germán Schmitz had done the preparatory work for the foundation .
Bishops of Lurín
- José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama SDS , December 14, 1996-17. June 2006
- Carlos García Camader , since June 17, 2006
See also
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Footnotes
- ^ Conferencia Episcopal Peruana: Directorio Eclesiástico 2002 . CEP, Lima 2002, p. 873.
- ↑ Massimo Zorzin: Il cardinale Juan Landázuri Ricketts. La Chiesa peruviana e latinoamericana nel periodo del Concilio Vaticano II . Studium edizioni, Rome 2018, ISBN 978-88-382-4628-9 , p. 132.