Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua

Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua Dioecesis Tacnensis et Moqueguensis
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
Location
Country	Peru
Ecclesiastical province	Arequipa
Statistics
Area	30,539 km² (11,791 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 625,000 556,000 (89%)
Parishes	38
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	18 December 1944 (71 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Co-cathedral	Co-Catedral Santa Catalina
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Marco Antonio Cortez Lara
Emeritus Bishops	José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins

Co-Cathedral of St. Catherine

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua (Latin: Dioecesis Tacnensis et Moqueguensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa in southern Peru, comprising the lay administrative regions Tacna Region and Moquegua region.

History

On 18 December 1944 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Tacna from the territory of the Archdiocese of Arequipa. Blessed John Paul II renamed it the Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua on 11 July 1992.^[1]^[2]

Ordinaries

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

References

↑ "Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
↑ "Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2013-04-18.

Roman Catholic dioceses in Peru

Province of Arequipa	Archdiocese of Arequipa Diocese of Puno Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua Prelature of Ayaviri Prelature of Chuquibamba Prelature of Juli

Province of Ayacucho	Archdiocese of Ayacucho Diocese of Huancavélica Prelature of Caravelí

Province of Cuzco	Archdiocese of Cuzco Diocese of Abancay Prelature of Chuquibambilla Prelature of Sicuani

Province of Huancayo	Archdiocese of Huancayo Diocese of Huánuco Diocese of Tarma

Province of Lima	Archdiocese of Lima Diocese of Callao Diocese of Carabayllo Diocese of Chosica Diocese of Huacho Diocese of Ica Diocese of Lurín Prelature of Yauyos

Province of Piura	Archdiocese of Piura Diocese of Chachapoyas Diocese of Chiclayo Diocese of Chulucanas Prelature of Chota

Province of Trujillo	Archdiocese of Trujillo Diocese of Cajamarca Diocese of Chimbote Diocese of Huaraz Diocese of Huarí Prelature of Huamachuco Prelature of Moyobamba

Sui iuris Jurisdictions	Military Ordinariate of Peru Vicariate Apostolic of Iquitos Vicariate Apostolic of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier Vicariate Apostolic of Pucallpa Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado Vicariate Apostolic of Requena Vicariate Apostolic of San José de Amazonas Vicariate Apostolic of San Ramón Vicariate Apostolic of Yurimaguas

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