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The Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba ( la, Praelatura Territorialis Moyobambensis) is a
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The Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba ( la, Praelatura Territorialis Moyobambensis) is a Roman Catholic
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territorial prelature
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located in the city of Moyobamba
Moyobamba () or Muyupampa ( Quechua ''muyu'' circle, ''pampa'' large plain, "circle plain") is the capital city of the San Martín Region in northern Peru. Called "Santiago of eight valleys of Moyobamba" or "Maynas capital". There are 50,073 inha ...
in the Ecclesiastical province
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of Trujillo in Peru.
History
* March 7, 1948: Established as Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba from the Diocese of ChachapoyasBishops
*Prelates
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of Moyobamba (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
** Bishop Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea (July 21, 2007 – Present)
** Bishop José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. (June 6, 2000 – July 21, 2007)
** Bishop Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. (August 25, 1967 – June 6, 2000)
** Bishop Martin Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi, C.P. (January 15, 1949 – December 30, 1966)
Coadjutor prelates
* José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. (1998-2000) * Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea (2006-2007)References
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Prelature website (Spanish)
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