The Roman Catholic Diocese of Callao ( la, Callaën(sis)) is a

diocese 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 associa ...

located in the city of Callao in the

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Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...

in Peru.

History

*29 April 1967: Established as Diocese of Callao from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cusco Iglesia Matriz del Callao

Bishops

Ordinaries

*Eduardo Picher Peña (3 August 1967 – 31 May 1971), appointed Archbishop of Huancayo *Luis Vallejos Santoni (20 September 1971 – 14 January 1975), appointed Archbishop of Cuzco *Ricardo Durand Flórez, S.J. (14 January 1975 – 17 August 1995), Archbishop (personal title) * Miguel Irízar Campos, C.P. (17 August 1995 - 12 December 2011) * José Luis Del Palacio y Pérez-Medel (12 December 2011 - 15 April 2020) *Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, M.C.C.I (17 April 2021 - present)

Coadjutor bishop

* Miguel Irizar Campos, C.P. (1989-1995)

Auxiliary bishop

* Javier Augusto Del Río Alba (2004-2006), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Arequipa

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