The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo ( la, Huancayen(sis)) is a Latin Metropolitan

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's western Amazonian

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. Its

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episcopal see is Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad (dedicated to the

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) in the city of Huancayo.

History

* Established on 18 December 1944 as Diocese of Huancayo on territory split off from the

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* Lost territory on 15 May 1585 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Tarma * 30 June 1966: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo

Bishops

Ordinaries

;''Bishops of Huancayo'' * Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. (1945-1946), appointed Archbishop of Arequipa * Daniel Figueroa Villón (1946-1956), appointed Bishop of Chiclayo * Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz (1956-1966); ''see below'' ;''Archbishops of Huancayo'' * Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz (1966-1971); ''see above'' * Eduardo Picher Peña (1971-1984), appointed Military Vicar and later Military Ordinary of Peru * Emilio Vallebuona Merea,

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(1985-1991) * José Paulino Ríos Reynoso (1995-2003), appointed Archbishop of Arequipa * Cardinal

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, S.J. (2004–present)

Auxiliary bishop

* Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I. (2016-)

Ecclesiastical province

Apart from the metropolitan archdiocese, its province comprises two

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dioceses *

* Diocese of Tarma

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