The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga ( la, Ayacuquensis o Huamangensis) is an

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Ayacucho Ayacucho (, qu, Ayak'uchu) is the capital city of Ayacucho Region and of Huamanga Province, Ayacucho Region, Peru. During the Inca Empire and Viceroyalty of Peru periods the city was known by the name of Huamanga (Quechua: Wamanga), and it c ...

in Peru."Archdiocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga"
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History

*20 July 1609: Established as Diocese of Guamanga from the Diocese of Cusco, suffragan of the archdioceses of Lima * 1838: Seat of the diocese transferred to Ayacucho *30 June 1966: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ayacucho

Bishops

Ordinaries

* Agustín de Carvajal, O.S.A. (7 May 1612 – 19 Aug 1618 Died)Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Agustín de Carvajal, O.S.A."
retrieved November 22, 2015 * Francisco Verdugo Cabrera (14 Mar 1622 – 20 Jul 1636 Died)"Bishop Francisco Verdugo Cabrera"
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(1649 – 4 Apr 1650 Appointed, Bishop of Trujillo) * Francisco de Godoy (2 May 1650 – 1 Sep 1659 Appointed, Bishop of Trujillo) *

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, O.P. (16 Feb 1660 – 1664 Died) *

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(7 Jun 1666 – 1668 Died) * Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora (11 Jun 1668 – 8 Nov 1677 Appointed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas) *

Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa (1632–1702) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Quito (1688–1702) and Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (1679–1688). ''(in Latin)''Bishop of Quito)"Bishop Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa"
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(6 Dec 1688 – 1689 Died) *

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retrieved December 9, 2015 *Francisco de Deza y Ulloa (17 Dec 1716 – 22 Apr 1722 Died) *Alfonso Roldán, O.S.Bas. (30 Aug 1723 – 22 Feb 1741 Died) *Miguel Bernardino de la Fuenta y Rojas (7 Aug 1741 – 1742 Died) *Francisco Gutiérrez Galeano, O. de M. (25 Jan 1745 – 12 Oct 1748 Died) *Felipe Manrique de Lara y Polanco (23 Feb 1750 – 31 Jan 1763 Died) *José Luis de Lila y Moreno, O.S.A. (20 Aug 1764 – 25 Dec 1768 Died) *Miguel Moreno y Ollo (12 Mar 1770 – Feb 1780 Died) *Francisco López Sánchez (10 Dec 1781 – 2 Mar 1790 Died) *Bartolomé Fabro Palacios (11 Apr 1791 – 10 Jul 1795 Died) *Francisco Matienzo (27 Jun 1796 – 1802 Died) *

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(26 Mar 1804 – 8 Apr 1811 Died) *José Vicente Silva Avilés y Olave Salaverría (15 Mar 1815 – 26 Oct 1816 Died) *Pedro Gutiérrez de Cos y Saavedra Seminario (16 Mar 1818 – 13 Mar 1826 Confirmed, Bishop of Puerto Rico) *Juan Rodríguez Reymúndez (17 Sep 1838 Confirmed – Did Not Take Effect) *Santiago José O’ Phelan Recabarren (12 Jul 1841 Confirmed – 22 Sep 1857 Died) *José Francisco Ezequiel Moreyra (27 Mar 1865 – 23 Mar 1874 Died) *Juan José de Polo Valenzuela (17 Sep 1875 – 2 Nov 1882 Died) *Julian Cáceres Negrón (19 Jan 1893 – 21 Feb 1900 Resigned) *Fidel Olivas Escudero (19 Apr 1900 – 12 Apr 1935 Died) *Francesco Solano Muente y Campos, O.F.M. (30 May 1936 – 21 Jul 1939 Resigned) *Victorino Alvarez, S.D.B. (15 Dec 1940 – 2 Mar 1958 Died) *Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B. (28 Aug 1958 – 20 Nov 1979 Resigned) ''Diocese elevated to Archdiocese 3 June 1966'' *

Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada O.F.M. (February 14, 1922 – August 8, 2011) was a Peruvian Prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada was born in Huanta, Peru, ordained a priest on July 14, 1946 from the religious ...

, O.F.M. (20 Nov 1979 – 23 May 1991 Retired) *

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(13 May 1995 – 9 Jan 1999 Appointed,

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) (Cardinal in 2001) * Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre, S.M. (13 Jun 2001 – 6 Aug 2011 Retired) *Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón (6 Aug 2011 – )

Coadjutor bishops

(1648-1649) *

, O.F.M. (1975-1979)

Auxiliary bishops

* Elías Prado Tello (1972-1985) *

(1988-1995), appointed Archbishop here; future Cardinal * Gabino Miranda Melgarejo (2004-2013), resigned; later that year, he was excardinated, or dismissed, and laicized -returned to the lay state- for sexual misconduct

Suffragan dioceses

* Diocese of Huancavélica * Territorial Prelature of Caravelí

Sources

GCatholic.org

Diocese website

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ayacucho Roman Catholic dioceses in Peru Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Ayacucho Religious organizations established in the 1600s 1609 establishments in the Spanish Empire Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 17th century