Territorial prelature of Huamachuco
Territorial prelature of Huamachuco | |
Basic data | |
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Country | Peru |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Trujillo |
prelate | Sedis vacancy |
Apostolic Administrator | Pascual Benjamín Rivera Montoya TOR |
Emeritus prelate | Sebastián Ramis Torrens TOR |
surface | 7,981 km² |
Parishes | 26 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
Residents | 292,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
Catholics | 253,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
proportion of | 86.6% |
Diocesan priest | 23 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
Religious priest | 2 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 10.120 |
Permanent deacons | 1 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
Friars | 2 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 12 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | Spanish |
The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Huamachuco ( lat. : Territorialis Praelatura Huamaciucanus ) is in the northeast of Peru located Roman Catholic territorial prelate based in Huamachuco .
history
The territorial prelature of Huamachuco was established on December 4, 1961 from the cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Trujillo and subordinated to this as a suffragan .
Prelates of Huamachuco
- Damián Nicolau Roig TOR , October 23, 1963 - September 13, 1981
- Sebastián Ramis Torrens TOR, November 13, 1990 - August 7, 2018
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Sedis vacancy , since August 7, 2018
- Emiliano Antonio Cisneros Martínez , August 7, 2018 - July 26, 2019 ( Apostolic Administrator )
- Pascual Benjamín Rivera Montoya TOR, since July 26, 2019 (Apostolic Administrator)