Archdiocese of Cuzco
| Archdiocese of Cuzco | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Peru |
| Diocesan bishop | Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez |
| Vicar General | Israel Condorhuamán Estrada |
| surface | 23,807 km² |
| Parishes | 81 ( 12/31/2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 2,173,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 1,920,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 88.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 91 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 65 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 12.308 |
| Friars | 74 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 173 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de la Virgen de la Asuncion |
| Website | www.arzobispadodelcusco.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Abancay Territorial Prelature Chuquibambilla Territorial Prelature Sicuani |
The Archdiocese of Cuzco ( lat. : Archidioecesis Cuschensis , span. : Arquidiócesis del Cuzco ) is an in Peru located Archdiocese of the Roman Catholic Church , based in Cusco .
history
The diocese of Cuzco was established on September 5, 1536 as one of the first dioceses on the South American continent. From 1541 it was subordinate to the Archdiocese of Lima, founded in the new capital, as a suffragan . On May 23, 1943 the diocese of Cuzco 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 Cuzco
- Vicente de Valverde Álvarez OP , January 8, 1537–31. October 1541
- Juan Solano OP, February 29, 1544-1562
- Francisco Ramírez , July 6, 1562–1564
- Mateo Pinello , January 19, 1565–1569
- Sebastián Lartaún , September 4, 1570–9. October 1583
- Gregorio de Montalvo Olivera OP, November 16, 1587-11. December 1592
- Antonio de Raya Navarrete , June 6, 1594-28. July 1606
- Fernando Mendoza González , January 12, 1609–1618
- Lorenzo Pérez de Grado , March 18, 1619–4. September 1627
- Fernando de Vera y Zuñiga OSA , July 16, 1629–9. November 1638
- Juan Alonso y Ocón , August 31, 1643–1651, then Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas
- Pedro de Ortega Sotomayor , November 27, 1651-1658
- Agustín Muñoz Sandoval , November 17, 1659 – April 1661
- Bernardo de Izaguirre Reyes , July 31, 1662-15. July 1669, then Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas
- Manuel de Mollinedo y Angulo , December 15, 1670-12. December 1699
- Juan González Santiago , February 9, 1705-12. December 1707
- Gabriel de Arregui, OFM , January 14, 1716-1724
- Bernardo Serrada OC , December 19, 1725–2. March 1733
- José Manuel de Sarricolea y Olea , May 5, 1734–2. October 1740
- Pedro Morcillo Rubio de Suñón , July 20, 1741–1. April 1747
- Juan de Castañeda , January 20, 1749-22. February 1762
- Juan Manuel Jeronimo de Romaní y Carrillo , September 26, 1763-15. September 1768
- Agustín Gorritátegui , December 16, 1769–1776
- Juan Manuel Moscoso y Peralta , September 28, 1778–3. August 1789, then Archbishop of Granada
- Bartolomé María de las Heras Navarro , December 14, 1789–31. March 1806, then Archbishop of Lima
- José Pérez Armendáriz , March 31, 1806–9. February 1819
- José Calixto de Orihuela OESA , June 27, 1821–1826
- Eugenio Mendoza Jara , September 17, 1838-18. August 1854
- Julián de Ochoa , March 27, 1865–1874
- Pedro José Tordoya Montoya , September 17, 1875-20. August 1880
- Juan Antonio Falcón Iturrizaga , January 19, 1893–1. May 1909
- José Gregorio Castro, OFM, March 28, 1910-13. November 1917
- Pedro Pascuál Francesco Farfán de los Godos , April 19, 1918-18. September 1933, then Archbishop of Lima
- Felipe Santiago Hermosa y Sarmiento , June 13, 1935–23. May 1943
Archbishops of Cuzco
- Felipe Santiago Hermosa y Sarmiento , May 23, 1943-17. December 1956
- Carlos María Jurgens Byrne CSsR , December 17, 1956–6. December 1965, then Archbishop of Trujillo
- Ricardo Durand Flórez SJ , February 14, 1966-14. January 1975, then Bishop of Callao
- Luis Vallejos Santoni , Jan. 14, 1975-8. June 1982
- Alcides Mendoza Castro , October 5, 1983-29. November 2003
- Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez , November 29, 2003–28. October 2014
- Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia , since October 28, 2014