Roman Catholic Diocese of Huaraz

Diocese of Huaraz Dioecesis Huarazensis
Cathedral of St. Sebastian and the Immaculate Conception
Location
Country	Peru
Ecclesiastical province	Trujillo
Statistics
Area	13,818 km² (5,335 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 405,800 365,000 (89.9%)
Parishes	30
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	15 May 1899 (116 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de San Sebastián y la Inmaculada Concepción
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona

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, appointed in Feb. 2004.

History

On 15 May 1899 Pope Leo XIII established the Diocese of Huaraz with territory taken from the Archdiocese of Lima. It lost territory when the Territorial Prelature of Huarí was established in 1958.^[1]^[2]

Ordinaries

Mariano Holguin, O.F.M. † (2 Jul 1904 - 30 May 1906) Appointed, Bishop of Arequipa
Pedro Pascual Francesco Farfán † (5 Mar 1907 - 19 Apr 1918) Appointed, Bishop of Cuzco
Domingo Juan Vargas, O.P. † (26 Aug 1920 - 1 Aug 1936)
Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz † (15 Dec 1940 - 17 Dec 1956) Appointed, Bishop of Huancayo
Teodosio Moreno Quintana (17 Dec 1956 - 21 Sep 1971)
Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. † (21 Sep 1971 - 18 Jan 1978) Appointed, Archbishop of Piura
Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. (18 Jan 1978 - 30 Aug 1985) Appointed, Archbishop of Huancayo
José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, S.D.B. (3 Jan 1987 - 14 Dec 1996) Appointed, Bishop of Lurín
Ivo Baldi Gaburri (14 Dec 1999 - 4 Feb 2004) Appointed, Prelate of Huarí
José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona (4 Feb 2004 - present)

References

↑ "Vicariate Apostolic of Huaraz". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
↑ "Apostolic Vicariate of Huaraz". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-04-17.

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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