Archdiocese of Arequipa
| Archdiocese of Arequipa | |
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| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Peru |
| Diocesan bishop | Javier del Río Alba |
| Auxiliary bishop | Raúl Antonio Chau Quispe (appointed) |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | José Paulino Ríos Reynoso |
| Vicar General | Javier Cárdenas Velarde |
| founding | 1577 |
| surface | 26,306 km² |
| Parishes | 75 ( 12/31/2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 1,212,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,078,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 88.9% |
| Diocesan priest | 109 ( 12/31/2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 84 ( 12/31/2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,585 |
| Friars | 135 ( 12/31/2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 337 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Santa María |
| Website | www.arzobispadoarequipa.org.pe |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Territorial Prelature Ayaviri Territorial Prelature Chuquibamba Territorial Prelature July Diocese of Puno Territorial Prelature of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua |
The Erzbistum Arequipa ( lat. : Archidioecesis Arequipensis ) is an in Peru preferred Roman Catholic Archdiocese based in Arequipa .
history
The diocese of Arequipa was founded on April 15, 1577 by Pope Gregory XIII. Established with the papal bull Apostolatus officium from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Lima and subordinated to this as a suffragan . On May 23, 1943 the diocese of Arequipa was by Pope Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Inter praecipuas raised to the archbishopric. The archbishopric gave up several times in its history parts of its territory to establish new dioceses.
Bishops
Bishops of Arequipa
- Antonio de Hervias OP , April 15, 1577 - January 9, 1579, then Bishop of Verapaz
- Cristóbal Rodríguez Juárez OP, October 7, 1612 - November 4, 1613
- Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano , September 16, 1615 - December 19, 1615
- Pedro de Perea Díaz OSA , September 4, 1617-1631
- Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco , August 2, 1632 - July 16, 1640, then Archbishop of Lima
- Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia , 1641–1648, then Bishop of Quito
- Gaspar de Villarroel OSA, December 11, 1651 - January 27, 1659, then Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas
- Juan de Almoguera OSsT , 1659-6. May 1674, then Archbishop of Lima
- Juan de la Calle y Heredia OdeM , July 10, 1674 - February 15, 1676
- Antonio de León y Becerra , 1677-28. August 1708
- Juan de Argüelles OSA, 1711-1713
- Juan Bravo Otálora de Lagunas , November 19, 1714–1722
- Juan Bravo del Rivero y Correa , January 28, 1743 - May 22, 1752
- Juan González Melgarejo , November 26, 1753 - March 6, 1754
- Jacinto Aguado y Chacón , February 17, 1755 - July 18, 1762, then Bishop of Osma
- Diego Salguero de Cabrera , July 18, 1763 - December 2, 1769
- Manuel de Abad e Illanar OPraem , June 17, 1771 - February 1, 1780
- Miguel González Bassecourt OFMCap , December 10, 1781 - December 10, 1784
- Pedro José Chavez de la Rosa , December 18, 1786 - May 9, 1805
- Luis La Encina Díaz y Pereiro , September 9, 1805 - January 16, 1816
- José Sebastian Goyeneche Barreda , April 14, 1817 - September 26, 1859, then Archbishop of Lima
- Giuseppe Benedetto Torres , June 22, 1868–
- Juan María Ambrosio Huerta , August 20, 1880–1890
- Manuel Segundo Ballón , August 25, 1898–1906
- Mariano Holguin OFM , May 30, 1906 - May 23, 1943
Archbishops of Arequipa
- Mariano Holguin OFM, May 23, 1943 - December 24, 1945
- Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón OFM, June 13, 1946 - July 7, 1980
- Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio SJ , September 26, 1980 - March 2, 1996
- Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira , March 2, 1996 - November 29, 2003
- José Paulino Ríos Reynoso , November 29, 2003 - October 21, 2006
- Javier del Río Alba , since October 21, 2006
See also
Web links
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