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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua ( la, Dioecesis Tacnensis et Moqueguensis) is a

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diocese of the

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Archdiocese of Arequipa in southern Peru, comprising the lay administrative regions Tacna Region and Moquegua region.

History

On 18 December 1944

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established the Diocese of Tacna from the territory of the Archdiocese of Arequipa. John Paul II renamed it the Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua on 11 July 1992.

Bishops

Ordinaries

*Carlos Alberto Arce Masías † (6 Jul 1945 – 17 Dec 1956) Appointed, Bishop of Huánuco *Alfonso Zaplana Bellizza † (17 Dec 1957 – 28 Apr 1973) *Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor † (5 Oct 1973 – 9 Sep 1981) Appointed, Archbishop of

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*Oscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, S. M. † (16 Dec 1982 – 13 Feb 1991) *

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† (6 Jun 1991 – 1 Sep 2006) *Marco Antonio Cortez Lara (1 Sep 2006 – present)

Coadjutor bishops

* José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona (2000-2004), did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Huaraz * Marco Antonio Cortez Lara (2005-2006)

Other priest of this diocese who became a bishop

* José Germán Benavides Morriberón † , appointed Bishop of Chachapoyas in 1958

References

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