Co-Catedral Santo Domingo de la Ciudad de Moquegua

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua ( la, Dioecesis Tacnensis et Moqueguensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan

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, comprising the lay administrative regions

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and

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History

On 18 December 1944 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Tacna from the territory of the

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renamed it the Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua on 11 July 1992.

Bishops

Ordinaries

*Carlos Alberto Arce Masías † (6 Jul 1945 – 17 Dec 1956) Appointed, Bishop of

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*Alfonso Zaplana Bellizza † (17 Dec 1957 – 28 Apr 1973) *Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor † (5 Oct 1973 – 9 Sep 1981) Appointed, Archbishop of Piura *Oscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, S. M. † (16 Dec 1982 – 13 Feb 1991) * José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins † (6 Jun 1991 – 1 Sep 2006) *Marco Antonio Cortez Lara (1 Sep 2006 – present)

Coadjutor bishops

José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

(2000-2004), did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Huaraz *

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(2005-2006)

Other priest of this diocese who became a bishop

José Germán Benavides Morriberón José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

† , appointed Bishop of Chachapoyas in 1958

References

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Tacna Tacna is a city in southern Peru and the regional capital of the Tacna Region. A very commercially active city, it is located only north of the border with Arica y Parinacota Region from Chile, inland from the Pacific Ocean and in the valley of ...

Christian organizations established in 1944 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century