Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Caravelí

Territorial Prelature of Caravelí Praelatura Territorialis Caraveliensis
Location
Country	Peru
Ecclesiastical province	Ayacucho
Statistics
Area	29,229 km² (11,285 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 115,000 105,000 (91.3%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Bishop	sede vacante (vacant see); Bishop Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C., the outgoing Bishop, was named Bishop-designate of the Military Ordinariate of Peru on Wednesday, 16 July 2014, by Pope Francis

The Territorial Prelature of Caravelí (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Caraveliensis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Caravelí in the Ecclesiastical province of Ayacucho in Peru.

History

The Territorial Prelature of Caravelí was established on 14 December 1996 from the Metropolitan Diocese of Ayacucho and Metropolitan Diocese of Arequipa.

Leadership

Prelates of Caravelí (Roman rite)
- Federico Kaiser Depel, M.S.C. (21 November 1957 - 25 May 1971)
- Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer, M.S.C. (26 January 1983 - 18 June 2005)
- Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C. (18 June 2005 - 16 July 2014); named Bishop-designate of the Military Ordinariate of Peru by Pope Francis

References

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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