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Catholic Church 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 produ ...

comprises seven

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s each headed by an

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. The provinces are in turn subdivided into 19

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s and seven

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s each headed by a

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or an

. There are also 10 territorial prelatures, 8 apostolic vicariates and one

Military Ordinariate A military ordinariate is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Catholic Church, of the Latin or an Eastern church, responsible for the pastoral care of Catholics serving in the armed forces of a nation. Until 1986, they were called "military ...

in Peru.

List of Dioceses

Ecclesiastical province of Arequipa

* Archdiocese of Arequipa ** Diocese of Puno ** Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua ** Prelature of Ayaviri ** Prelature of Chuquibamba ** Prelature of Juli

Ecclesiastical province of Ayacucho

* Archdiocese of Ayacucho ** Diocese of Huancavélica ** Prelature of Caravelí

Ecclesiastical province of Cuzco

Archdiocese of Cuzco The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cusco ( la, Cuschen(sis)) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese with see in the city and old Inca imperial capital of Cusco, in Peru.Diocese of Abancay The Diocese of Abancay is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Peru. It was erected on April 28, 1958 from the territory of the Archdiocese of Cuzco with Alcides Mendoza Castro being made its first bish ...

** Prelature of Chuquibambilla ** Diocese of Sicuani

Ecclesiastical province of Huancayo

* Archdiocese of Huancayo **

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 associate ...

** Diocese of Tarma

Ecclesiastical province of Lima

Archdiocese of Lima The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima ( la, Archidioecesis Limana) is part of the Roman Catholic Church in Peru which enjoys full communion with the Holy See. The Archdiocese was founded as the Diocese of Lima on 14 May 1541. The diocese was r ...

Diocese of Callao The Roman Catholic Diocese of Callao ( la, Callaën(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Callao in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima, Lima in Peru. History *29 April 1967: Established as Diocese of Callao fr ...

** Diocese of Carabayllo ** Diocese of Chosica ** Diocese of Huacho ** Diocese of Ica ** Diocese of Lurín ** Prelature of Yauyos

Ecclesiastical province of Piura

* Archdiocese of Piura ** Diocese of Chachapoyas ** Diocese of Chiclayo ** Diocese of Chulucanas ** Prelature of Chota

Ecclesiastical province of Trujillo

* Archdiocese of Trujillo ** Diocese of Cajamarca ** Diocese of Chimbote ** Diocese of Huaraz ** Diocese of Huarí ** Prelature of Huamachuco **

Prelature of Moyobamba The Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba ( la, Praelatura Territorialis Moyobambensis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Moyobamba in the Ecclesiastical province of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trujillo, Trujillo in ...

Vicariates

* Vicariate Apostolic of Iquitos * Vicariate Apostolic of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier *

Vicariate Apostolic of Pucallpa The Apostolic Vicariate of Pucallpa ( la, Apostolicus Vicariatus Pucallpaënsis) is a Latin Church Apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church in Peru. It is immediately exempt to the Holy See and not part of any ecclesiastical province. I ...

* Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado * Vicariate Apostolic of Requena * Vicariate Apostolic of San José de Amazonas * Vicariate Apostolic of San Ramón * Vicariate Apostolic of Yurimaguas

Military Ordinariate

Military Ordinariate of Peru The Military Bishopric of Peru ( es, Obispado Castrense del Perú) is a Latin Church military ordinariate of the Catholic Church. Immediately Exemption (Catholic canon law), exempt to the Holy See, it provides pastoral care to Catholics servin ...

Defunct Circumscription

* Apostolic Vicariate of Ucayali

Gallery of Archdioceses

File:Façana de la catedral d'Arequipa.jpg, The seat of the Archdiocese of Arequipa is Catedral Basílica Santa María. File:Ayacucho church by night.jpg, The seat of the Archdiocese of Ayacucho is Catedral Basílica Santa María. File:Cathédrale de Cusco Décembre 2007e.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Cusco is Catedral Basílica de la Virgen de la Asunción. File:Catedral huancayo.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Huancayo is Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad. File:Lima.Catedral.JPG , The seat of the Archdiocese of Lima is Catedral Basílica San Juan Apóstol y Evangelista. File:Piura Plaza de Armas.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Piura is Catedral de San Miguel Arcángel. File:CatedralTrujillo lou.jpg , The seat of the Archdiocese of Trujillo is Catedral Basílica Santa María.

External links

Catholic-Hierarchy entry

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Catholic dioceses