Archdiocese of Huancayo

	Archdiocese of Huancayo
Basic data
Country	Peru
Diocesan bishop	Pedro Ricardo Cardinal Barreto Jimeno SJ
Auxiliary bishop	Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda OMI
Vicar General	Moisés Ramos Guija
founding	December 18, 1944
surface	15,145 km²
Parishes	44 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 )
Residents	903,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 )
Catholics	839,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 )
proportion of	92.9%
Diocesan priest	39 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 )
Religious priest	31 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 )
Catholics per priest	11,986
Friars	36 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 )
Religious sisters	108 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Spanish
cathedral	Santísima Trinidad
Website	www.arzobispadodehuancayo.org/
Suffragan dioceses	Diocese of Huánuco ; Diocese of Tarma

Cathedral in Huancayo

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Huancayo ( lat. : Archidioecesis Huancayensis ) is in the central Peruvian Andes situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Huancayo . It comprises five provinces of the Junín department : Chupaca, Concepción, Huancayo, Jauja and Yauli with a total of 96 districts.

history

The diocese of Huancayo was on December 18, 1944 by Pope Pius XII. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Supremum Apostolatus Munus from cessions of territory from the Diocese of Huánuco and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Lima as a suffragan . On May 15, 1958, the diocese was part of its territory establishing the with the Apostolic Constitution navem Ecclesiae erected Prelature Tarma from. On June 30, 1966, the Diocese of Huancayo was by Pope Paul VI. with the Apostolic Constitution Quam sit christifidelibus utilitate raised to the archbishopric.

Bishops

Bishops of Huancayo

Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón OFM , July 6, 1945-13. June 1946, then Archbishop of Arequipa
Daniel Figueroa Villón , September 22, 1946-17. December 1956, then Bishop of Chiclayo
Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz , December 17, 1956-30. June 1966

Archbishops of Huancayo

Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz, June 30, 1966-10. February 1971
Eduardo Picher Peña , May 31, 1971-14. June 1984, then military bishop of Peru
Emilio Vallebuona Merea SDS , August 30, 1985-28. November 1991
José Paulino Ríos Reynoso , December 2, 1995-29. November 2003, then Archbishop of Arequipa
Pedro Ricardo Cardinal Barreto Jimeno SJ , since July 17, 2004

literature

Javier Castillo Arroyo: La Iglesia en Huancayo . Arzobispado de Huancayo, Huancayo 1995.

Web links

Commons : Diocese of Huancayo - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Supremum Apostolatus munus , AAS 37 (1945), n.5, p. 136ff.
^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Ecclesiae navem , AAS 50 (1958), n.17, p. 842ff.
^ Conferencia Episcopal Peruana: Directorio Eclesiástico 2002 . CEP, Lima 2002, p. 571.
↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Quam sit , AAS 58 (1966), n.16, pp. 1130f.

[1] Pius XII: Const. Apost. Supremum Apostolatus munus , AAS 37 (1945), n.5, p. 136ff.

[2] Pius XII: Const. Apost. Ecclesiae navem , AAS 50 (1958), n.17, p. 842ff.

[3] Conferencia Episcopal Peruana: Directorio Eclesiástico 2002 . CEP, Lima 2002, p. 571.

[4] Paul VI: Const. Apost. Quam sit , AAS 58 (1966), n.16, pp. 1130f.