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The Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba ( la, Praelatura Territorialis Moyobambensis) 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

Moyobamba Moyobamba () or Muyupampa ( Quechua ''muyu'' circle, ''pampa'' large plain, "circle plain") is the capital city of the San Martín Region in northern Peru. Called "Santiago of eight valleys of Moyobamba" or "Maynas capital". There are 50,073 inha ...

in the

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of Trujillo in Peru.

History

* March 7, 1948: Established as Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba from the Diocese of Chachapoyas

Bishops

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of Moyobamba (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order ** Bishop Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea (July 21, 2007 – Present) ** Bishop José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. (June 6, 2000 – July 21, 2007) ** Bishop Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. (August 25, 1967 – June 6, 2000) ** Bishop Martin Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi, C.P. (January 15, 1949 – December 30, 1966)

Coadjutor prelates

* José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. (1998-2000) * Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea (2006-2007)

References

GCatholic.org

Prelature website (Spanish)
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