Territorial prelature Moyobamba
| Territorial prelature Moyobamba | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Peru |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Trujillo |
| prelate | Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea |
| Vicar General | José Maria Cabrero Abascal |
| surface | 39,148 km² |
| Parishes | 22 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Residents | 777,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics | 657,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 ) |
| proportion of | 84.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 36 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 10 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 14,283 |
| Friars | 10 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 87 ( 12/31/2015 / AP2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | St. James Cathedral, Moyobamba |
| address | Apartado 133 Jr. Callao 650 Moyobamba San Martín Department Peru |
| Website | https://prelaturademoyobamba.com |
The territorial prelate moyobamba ( lat. : Territorialis Praelatura Moyobambensis ) is an in Peru preferred Roman Catholic territorial prelate based in Moyobamba .
history
A forerunner of the territorial prelature Moyobamba, on whose tradition it is based, was the diocese of Maynas , which had its seat in Moyobamba from 1812 to 1843.
The territorial prelature Moyobamba was established on March 7, 1948 from the cession of territory by the Diocese of Chachapoyas and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Trujillo as a suffragan .
Sprengel
The Moyobamba Territorial Prelature includes the provinces of Moyobamba , Bellavista , El Dorado , Huallaga , Lamas , Mariscal Cáceres , Picota , Rioja , and San Martín .
Prelates of Moyobamba
- Martin Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi CP , January 15, 1949-30. December 1966
- Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte CP, August 25, 1967–6. June 2000
- José Santos Iztueta Mendizábal CP, June 6, 2000–21. July 2007
- Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea , since July 21, 2007
cathedral
The Santiago Apóstol Cathedral was destroyed in a severe earthquake on May 29, 1990, only the funerary chapel for Martin Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi remained. The new cathedral, built in the same place according to plans by the architect Jhonny Montalván Silva, was consecrated on November 26, 2011.
See also
Web links
Footnotes
- ^ Conferencia Episcopal Peruana: Directorio Eclesiástico 2002 . CEP, Lima 2002, p. 896.
- ↑ Prelatura de Moyobamba: Directorio Prelatural 2019 . Moyobamba 2019, pp. 11-27.
- ↑ Radio Programas del Perú : Inauguran remodelada Iglesia Catedral de Moyobamba. La infraestructura afectada por el terremoto de 1990, hoy luce su remodelación con una impresionante arquitectura colonial y moderna . November 26, 2011, accessed December 4, 2019.