Archdiocese of Piura

Archdiocese of Piura
Basic data
Country	Peru
Diocesan bishop	José Antonio Eguren Anselmi SCV
Vicar General	Luciano Maza Huamán Rafael Eguez Beltrán
founding	1940
surface	33,510 km²
Vicariates	6 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Parishes	50 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Residents	1,669,963 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics	1,502,968 (2016 / AP 2017 )
proportion of	90%
Diocesan priest	70 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious priest	39 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Catholics per priest	13,789
Friars	55 (2016 / AP 2017 )
Religious sisters	181 (2016 / AP 2017 )
rite	Roman rite
Liturgical language	Spanish
cathedral	San Miguel Arcángel
Website	arzobispadodepiura.org
Suffragan dioceses	Diocese of Chachapoyas Diocese of Chiclayo Diocese of Chulucanas Territorial Prelature Chota

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Piura ( Latin Archidioecesis Piurensis , Spanish Arquidiócesis de Piura ) is a in northern Peru situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in Piura .

history

The diocese of Piura was founded on February 29, 1940 by Pope Pius XII. with the Apostolic Constitution Ad christianae plebis from cessions of territory of the diocese of Trujillo . It was then subordinated to the Archdiocese of Trujillo as a suffragan . On June 30, 1966, the diocese of Piura was by Pope Paul VI. raised to the archbishopric with the Apostolic Constitution Sic ut paterfamilias .

The Archdiocese of Piura comprises the territory of the Piura and Tumbes regions .

Bishops

San Miguel Arcángel Cathedral in Piura

Bishops of Piura

• Fortunato Chirichigno Pontolido SDB , January 27, 1941–2. January 1953
• Federico Pérez Silva CM , 1953-15. June 1957, then Archbishop of Trujillo
• Carlos Alberto Arce Masías , February 6, 1959–6. January 1963
• Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado , January 6, 1963-30. June 1966

Archbishops of Piura

• Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado, June 30, 1966–6. August 1977
• Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio SJ , January 18, 1978-26. September 1980, then Archbishop of Arequipa
• Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor , September 9, 1981-11. July 2006
• José Antonio Eguren Anselmi SCV , since July 11, 2006

Development of the number of members

The proportion of Catholics in the total population of the archdiocese fell from 99.8% in 1950 to 90% in 2016.

See also

• Roman Catholic Church in Peru
• List of Roman Catholic Dioceses

Web links

Commons : Archdiocese of Piura  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry on the Archdiocese of Piura on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on May 27, 2020.
• Homepage of the Archdiocese of Piura (Spanish)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Pius XII: Const. Apost. Ad christianae plebis , AAS 32 (1940), n.12, p. 472ff.
2. ↑ Paul VI: Const. Apost. Sic ut paterfamilias , AAS 58 (1966), n.16, pp. 1127f.
3. ^ Entry on the Archdiocese of Piura on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on May 27, 2020.