The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo ( la, Huancayen(sis)) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in
Peru
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, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
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cathedral
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episcopal see is Catedral de la SantÃsima Trinidad (dedicated to the Holy Trinity) in the city of
Huancayo
Huancayo (; in qu, label=Wanka Quechua, Wankayuq , '(place) with a (sacred) rock') is the capital of JunÃn Region, in the central highlands of Peru.
Location
Huancayo is located in Huancayo Province, of which it is also the capital. Si ...
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History
* Established on 18 December 1944 as Diocese of Huancayo on territory split off from the
Diocese of Huánuco
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...
* Lost territory on 15 May 1585 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Tarma
* 30 June 1966: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo
Archbishop of Arequipa
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa ( la, Arequipensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Arequipa in Peru.Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno
Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno (; born 12 February 1944) is a Peruvian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Huancayo since 2004 and a cardinal since 2018.
Biography
Barreto was born in Lima, Peru, on 12 February 1944 and ente ...
Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda
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Ecclesiastical province
Apart from the metropolitan archdiocese, its province comprises two suffragan dioceses
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Diocese of Huánuco
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associat ...
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Diocese of Tarma
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarma ( la, Tarmensis) is a diocese located in the city of Tarma in the Ecclesiastical province of Huancayo in Peru.
History
*15 May 1958: Established as Territorial Prelature of Tarma from the Diocese of Huancayo a ...
See also
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Roman Catholicism in Peru
The Catholic Church in Peru is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, the curia in Rome, and the Peruvian Episcopal Conference.
Catholics compose an estimated 74% of Peru's population. It has produced ...