Territorial Prelature Sicuani

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Territorial Prelature Sicuani
Basic data
Country Peru
Metropolitan bishopric Archdiocese of Cuzco
prelate Pedro Alberto Bustamante López
Emeritus prelate Miguel La Fay Bardi OCarm
Vicar General Francisco Gil Roy Verreau
surface 16,785 km²
Parishes 29 ( 12/31/2015 / AP2017 )
Residents 313,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 )
Catholics 270,000 (December 31, 2015 / AP2017 )
proportion of 86.3%
Diocesan priest 11 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 )
Religious priest 2 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 )
Catholics per priest 20,769
Friars 2 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 )
Religious sisters 16 (31.12.2015 / AP2017 )
rite Roman rite
Liturgical language Spanish
cathedral Catedral Nuestra Señora del Monte Carmelo
Website http://prelaturasicuani.pe/

The Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Sicuani ( lat. : Territorialis Praelatura Sicuanensis ) is in the south of Peru located Roman Catholic territorial prelate based in Sicuani . It includes the provinces of Canchis, Canas, Chumbivilcas and Espinar of the Cusco region .

history

The territorial prelature Sicuani was established on January 10, 1959 from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Cuzco and subordinated to this as a suffragan .

The prelature was significantly influenced by Alban Edward Quinn OCarm , who was the Apostolic Administrator of Sicuani for 28 years, from July 12, 1971 to July 26, 1999 .

Pastoral zones

The prelature is divided into five pastoral zones:

  • Norte: Parishes of Pitumarca, Checacupe, Combapata, Tinta and Yanaoca
  • Sur: Parishes in Sicuani and Parish Maranganí
  • Alto Canas: Parishes Langui, Layo, Descanso and Checca
  • Espinar: Parishes of Yauri, Pichigua, Coporaque, Tocroyo and Pallpata
  • Chumbivilcas: Parishes of Santo Tomás, Velille, Colquemarca, Chamaca, Livitaca and Ccapacmarca

Prelates of Sicuani

See also

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Gustavo Gutiérrez : Pastores y amigos de un pueblo pobre. Jesús Calderón y Albano Quinn . In: Páginas. Centro de Estudios y Publicaciones (CEP) , ISSN  1022-7873 , Vol. 35, (2010), No. 220, pp. 74-77, here p. 74.
  2. Guillermo Meléndez: Mons. Albano Quinn Wilson, el obispo de los Andes Peruanos . In: Misiones extranjeras. Revista de misionología , ISSN  0211-2582 , Vol. 82 (2010), No. 238, pp. 539-540.