The Apostolic Vicariate of Jaén en Peru or Vicariate Apostolic of San Francisco Javier ( la, Vicariatus Apostolicus Giennensis in Peruvia) is a

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apostolic vicariate of the

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. Its

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is located in the episcopal see of Jaén, in Peru's

Cajamarca Cajamarca (), also known by the Quechua name, ''Kashamarka'', is the capital and largest city of the Cajamarca Region as well as an important cultural and commercial center in the northern Andes. It is located in the northern highlands of Peru ...

province. It remains immediately

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subject to the

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and not part of an

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History

* January 11, 1946: Established as Apostolic Prefecture of San Francisco Javier from the

Diocese of Cajamarca The Diocese of Cajamarca ( la, Caiamarcen(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Cajamarca, Peru. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Arc ...

Diocese of Chachapoyas The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chachapoyas ( la, Chachapoyasen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Chachapoyas in the Ecclesiastical province of Piura in Peru. History *28 May 1803: Established as Diocese of Maynas from the Diocese of Cue ...

and

Apostolic Vicariate of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón The Vicariate Apostolic of Yurimaguas ( la, Apostolicus Vicariatus Yurimaguaënsis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church is located in the episcopal see of Yurimaguas in Peru. History On 27 ...

* April 24, 1971: Promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of San Francisco Javier * November 22, 1980: Renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Jaén en Perú

Bishops

Incumbent ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

: Mostly

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(denoted by the S.J. post-nominal) ; Vicar Apostolics of Jaén en Perú * Bishop

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, S.J. (June 11, 2014 - ) * Bishop Santiago María García de la Rasilla (November 11, 2005 – June 11, 2014) * Archbishop

Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno (; born 12 February 1944) is a Peruvian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been Archbishop of Huancayo since 2004 and a cardinal since 2018. Biography Barreto was born in Lima, Peru, on 12 February 1944 and ente ...

, S.J. (Apostolic Administrator July 17, 2004 – November 11, 2005) * Bishop Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J. (later Archbishop) (November 21, 2001 – July 17, 2004), appointed Archbishop of Huancayo * Bishop

José María Izuzquiza Herranz José María Izuzquiza Herranz (November 22, 1925 – April 26, 2011) was the Catholic bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Jaén en Peru, Peru. Born in Madrid, Spain, Izuzquiza Herranz was ordained to the priesthood for the Society of Jesus ...

, S.J. (March 30, 1987 – November 21, 2001) * Bishop

Augusto Vargas Alzamora Augusto Vargas Alzamora S.J. (9 November 1922 – 4 September 2000) was a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Lima in the Roman Catholic Church. He joined the Society of Jesus in 1940. He studied at the Jesuit Philosophical Faculty in San Mi ...

, S.J. (June 8, 1978 – August 23, 1985); future

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; Vicars Apostolic of San Francisco Javier * Bishop

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, S.J. (April 24, 1971 – July 9, 1977), appointed Bishop of Chachapoyas ; Prefects Apostolic of San Francisco Javier * Fr. Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. (later Bishop) (August 6, 1963 – April 24, 1971) * Fr.

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, S.J. (November 7, 1961 – December 4, 1962) * Fr. José Oleaga Guerequiz, S.J. (October 23, 1959 – 1961) * Fr. Ignacio García Martin, S.J. (July 11, 1946 - 1958)

Other priest of this vicariate who became bishop

* Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno, appointed Bishop of Chachapoyas in 1991

References

External links

GCatholic.org

Vicariate website
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