The Territorial Prelature of Huamachuco ( la, Praelatura Territorialis Huamaciucanus) is a

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territorial prelature A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or an ...

located in the city of

Huamachuco Huamachuco (possibly from Quechua ''waman'', falcon or variable hawk, and Kulyi ''chuco'', earth or land, "land of falcons") is a town in northern Peru and capital of the province Sánchez Carrión in La Libertad Region. The city is the se ...

in the

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of Trujillo in Peru.

History

* On December 4, 1961, the Territorial Prelature of Huamachuco was established from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo

Leadership

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of Huamachuco (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order ** Bishop Pascual Benjamín Rivera Montoya, T.O.R. (2021.03.30 – ...) ** Bishop Sebastián Ramis Torrens, T.O.R. (1990.11.13 – 2018.08.07) ** Bishop Damián Nicolau Roig, T.O.R. (1963.10.23 – 1981.09.13)

References

GCatholic.org

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