Diocese of Chachapoyas
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Diocese of Chachapoyas
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| Country | Peru |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Piura |
| Diocesan bishop | Emiliano Antonio Cisneros Martínez OAR |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | José Ignacio Alemany Gray CSSR |
| Vicar General | Antonio Aransay Lerena OAR |
| founding | 1803 |
| surface | 16,075 km² |
| Parishes | 22 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 363,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 317,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 87.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 28 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 2 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,567 |
| Friars | 3 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 72 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral San Juan Bautista |
| address | Jr. Ayacucho 1008 Apto. 69 Chachapoyas, Peru |
The diocese of Chachapoyas ( Latin : Dioecesis Chachapoyasensis , Spanish : Diócesis de Chachapoyas ) is a diocese located in the northern Peruvian Andes . It includes the provinces of Bagua , Bongará , Chachapoyas , Luya and Rodríguez de Mendoza .
history
From the Jesuit Mission to the Diocese of Maynas
The diocese of Chachapoyas emerged from the Maynas Jesuit mission founded in 1634 . The Jesuit mission at that time covered the area between the Río Santiago , Marañón , Huallaga , Ucayali , Napo and Putumayo rivers . When the Jesuits were deprived of their area in 1769 despite their successful work, cities such as B. Santiago de la Laguna (today: Lagunas ), Nuestra Señora de las Nieves de los Yurimaguas (today: Yurimaguas ) were founded. From 1773 the mission was under the then diocese of Quito .
On May 18, 1803, Pope Pius VII decided to establish the diocese of Maynas. and commissioned the Franciscans to look after them. In 1805, Hipólito Antonio Sánchez Rangel de Fayas , who was living in Havana at the time , was appointed the first bishop of the still young diocese. He was ordained on December 22, 1805 in Quito , Ecuador . He held this office until 1824. The headquarters of the Diocese of Maynas has changed several times. The first diocesan seat was in Jeberos , one of the most important places in the region when the diocese was founded. Already during the term of office of the first bishop the diocesan seat was moved to Moyobamba . On June 2, 1843, at the time the then Amazonas department was founded, the diocesan seat was finally moved to Chachapoyas and the diocese was renamed Chachapoyas after the new seat. At the urging of the Peruvian government, the eastern border of the region was set on the Marañón.
Emiliano Antonio Cisneros Martínez OAR has been the thirteenth bishop of Chachapoyas since March 2002 , having administered the diocese as diocesan administrator since 2000 .
Assignments of territory
After being a very large diocese at first, it has been divided several times. After the borders with Ecuador and Colombia had been determined, shares of the territory went to the local dioceses. In 1900, territorial shares were assigned to establish the Apostolic Prefecture of San León del Amazonas . In 1908 areas for the establishment of the diocese of Cajamarca and in 1946 the province of Condorcanqui and parts of the province of Bagua for the establishment of the Apostolic Vicariate Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier were given up. The present San Martín region was split off from the diocese in 1948 as the Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba .
See also
literature
- Annelen Hölzner-Bautsch: 100 years of Mater Dolorosa Church. History of the Catholic community in Berlin-Lankwitz - 1912 to 2012 . Editor: Katholische Pfarrgemeinde Mater Dolorosa, self-published, Berlin (2012), p. 350 ff.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Conferencia Episcopal Peruana: Directorio Eclesiástico 2002 . CEP, Lima 2002, p. 370.
- ^ Conferencia Episcopal Peruana: Directorio Eclesiástico 2002 . CEP, Lima 2002, p. 895.
- ^ Conferencia Episcopal Peruana: Directorio Eclesiástico 2002 . CEP, Lima 2002, p. 896.
- ↑ 100 years of Mater Dolorosa Church. History of the Catholic Community in Berlin-Lankwitz - 1912 to 2012 , Mater Dolorosa Berlin-Lankwitz, accessed on April 24, 2013.