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located in the city of Trujillo in Peru."Archdiocese of Trujillo"
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History

* April 15, 1577: Established as Diocese of Trujillo from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima * May 23, 1943: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo

Ordinaries

Diocese of Trujillo

''Erected: 15 April 1577'' * Alonso Guzmán y Talavera,

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(15 Apr 1577 Appointed – )"Bishop Alonso Guzmán y Talavera, O.S.H."
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Francisco Diaz de Cabrera y Córdoba Francisco Diaz de Cabrera y Córdoba, O.P. (died April 26, 1620) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of Trujillo (1614–1620) and the Bishop of Puerto Rico (1611–1614). ''(in Latin)''

, O.P. (6 Oct 1614 – 26 Apr 1620 Died)"Francisco Diaz de Cabrera y Córdoba, O.P."
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(5 Oct 1637 – 14 Apr 1640 Died) *

Luis Córdoba Ronquillo Luis Córdoba Ronquillo, O.SS.T. also Luis de Córdoba y Ronquillo (died 24 November 1640) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Trujillo (1640) and Bishop of Cartagena in Colombia (1630–1640). ''(in Latin)''

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) * Francisco de Godoy (1 Sep 1659 – Dec 1659 Died) *

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(4 Sep 1679 – 13 Apr 1689 Died) * Pedro de La Serena,

(28 Sep 1693 – Sep 1695 Died) * Pedro Díaz de Cienfuegos (20 Feb 1696 – 9 Jan 1702 Died) * Juan Víctores de Velasco,

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(1 Jun 1778 – 15 Dec 1788 Appointed, Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada) *José Andrés de Achurra y Núñez del Arco (15 Dec 1788 – 1793 Died) *Blas Manuel Sobrino y Minayo (12 Sep 1794 – 26 Apr 1796 Died) *José Carrión y Marfil (3 Jul 1798 – 24 Jan 1825 Retired) *Tomás Diéguez y Florencia (24 Jul 1835 – 8 Jun 1845 Died) *José Higinio Madalengoitia y Sanz de Zárate (19 Jan 1846 – 4 Nov 1848 Died) *Agustín Guillermo Charún Espinoza (7 Mar 1853 – 22 Feb 1857 Died) *Francisco de Asis Orueta y Castrillón, C.O. (26 Sep 1859 – 21 Mar 1873 Appointed,

Archbishop of Lima The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima ( la, Archidioecesis Limana) is part of the Roman Catholic Church in Peru which enjoys full communion with the Holy See. The Archdiocese was founded as the Diocese of Lima on 14 May 1541. The diocese was r ...

) *José Domingo Armestar Espinoza de los Monteros (21 Dec 1874 – 14 Dec 1881 Died) *Manuel Santiago Medina y Bañon (14 Feb 1889 – 22 Mar 1907 Died) *Carlos Garcia Irigoyen (21 Mar 1910 – 21 Oct 1937 Died) *Juan Gualberto Guevara y de la Cuba (15 Dec 1940 – 16 Dec 1945 Appointed,

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Archdiocese of Trujillo

''Elevated: 23 May 1943'' * Juan Gualberto Guevara y de la Cuba (15 December 1940 – 16 December 1945 Appointed,

) *Aurelio Macedonio Guerrero (20 September 1946 – 25 May 1957 Retired) *Federico Pérez Silva, C.M. (15 June 1957 – 16 October 1965 Died) *Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.SS.R. (6 December 1965 – 29 December 1976 Resigned) * Manuel Prado Perez-Rosas, S.J. (29 December 1976 – 29 July 1999 Retired) *

Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M. (born 5 July 1948) is a Peruvian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Archbishop of Trujillo since 1999. He has been a bishop since 1988 and currently heads the Latin American Bishops Council (C ...

, O.F.M. (29 July 1999 Appointed – )

Other affiliated bishops

Auxiliary bishops

* José Higinio Madalengoitia y Sanz de Zárate (1840-1846), appointed Bishop here * Alfonso Zaplana Bellizza (1952-1957), appointed Bishop of Tacna * Luis Baldo Riva, C.SS.R. (1969-1977), appointed Prelate of Chuquibamba *

Tarcisio Pusma Ibáñez Tarcisio or Tarcísio is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Tarcisio Vincenzo Benedetti (1899–1972), Italian Roman Catholic bishop *Tarcisio Bertone (born 1934), Italian Roman Catholic cardinal *Tarcisio Catanese (1967–2 ...

(2008), did not take effect * José Javier Travieso Martín, C.M.F. (2009-2014), appointed Vicar Apostolic of San José del Amazonas * Timoteo Solórzano Rojas, M.S.C. (2018-) * Francisco Castro Lalupú (2020-)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Francisco de Paola Grozo, appointed Bishop of Cajamarca in 1910

Suffragan dioceses

* Diocese of Cajamarca * Diocese of Chimbote *

Territorial Prelature of Huamachuco The Territorial Prelature of Huamachuco ( la, Praelatura Territorialis Huamaciucanus) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Huamachuco in the Ecclesiastical province of Trujillo in Peru. History * On December 4, 1961, ...

Diocese of Huaraz The Roman Catholic Diocese of Huaraz is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Peru. Erected in 1899, the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Trujillo The current bishop is José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona, appoin ...

* Diocese of Huarí * Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba

References

Sources

GCatholic.org

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