The Territorial Prelature of Chota ( la, Praelatura Territorialis Chotensis) is a

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, an administrative division not within a diocese, located in the city of Chota in the

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in Peru.

History

*7 April 1963: Established as Territorial Prelature of Chota

Ordinaries

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of Chota (Roman rite) * Bishop

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(April 7, 1963 – August 17, 1976) * Bishop José Arana Berruete, O.A.R. (January 24, 1979 – October 27, 1992) * Bishop Emiliano Antonio Cisneros Martínez, O.A.R. (December 7, 1993 – March 27, 2002), appointed Bishop of Chachapoyas * Bishop José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R. (March 27, 2002 – October 12, 2004), appointed Bishop of Cajamarca * Bishop Fortunato Urcey, O.A.R. (October 15, 2005 – July 2, 2022) * Bishop Víctor Emiliano Villegas Suclupe, O.A.R. (July 2, 2022 – present)

References

GCatholic.org

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