Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cusco

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cusco (

Its

History

• Established on 5 September 1536 as Diocese of Cusco, on vast South American territory split off from the Metropolitan
  Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sevilla, in colonial mother country Spain
• It lost territories repeatedly, to establish dioceses: on 1541.05.14
  Apostolic Prefecture of San Domingo de Urubamba
  .
• Promoted on 23 May 1943 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cusco
• Lost territories to establish on 1958.04.28 the Diocese of
  Territorial Prelature of Sicuani
  , both as its suffragan
• It enjoyed a papal visit by Pope John Paul II in February 1985.

Province

Its

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Abancay
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Sicuani
• Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishops of Cusco

• Vicente Valverde Alvarez, Dominican Order (O.P.) (8 Jan 1537 – 31 Oct 1541 Died)^[3]
• O.P. (29 Feb 1544 – 1562 Resigned)^[4]
• Francisco Ramirez (bishop) (6 July 1562 – 1564 Died)^[5]
• Mateo Pinello (19 Jan 1565 – 1569 Died)^[6]
• Sebastián Lartaún (4 Sep 1570 – 9 Oct 1583 Died)^[7]
• Yucatán (Mexico) (1580.12.15 – 1587.11.16)^[8]
• Antonio de Raya Navarrete (6 June 1594 – 28 July 1606 Died)
• Fernando Mendoza González (12 Jan 1609 – 1618 Died)
• Paraguay (Paraguay) (1615.09.16 – 1619.03.18)^[9]
• Badajoz (Spain) (1614.02.17 – 1628.11.13), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo
  (Dominican Republic) (1628.11.13 – 1629.07.16)
  • Diego Montoya Mendoza (16 July 1640 Appointed – Did Not Take Effect as he died two days before appointment)
• Yucatán (Mexico) (1638.06.14 – 1643.08.31); later Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas
  ) (Bolivia) (1651.07.17 – 1656.06.29)
• Arequipa (Peru) (1647 – 1651.11.27)^[11]
• Agustín Muñoz Sandoval (17 Nov 1659 – April 1661 Died)
• La Plata
  (not possessed 1669.07.15 – death 1670.03.17)
• Manuel de Mollinedo y Angulo [es] (15 Dec 1670 – 26 Sep 1699 Died)
• Juan González de Santiago (9 Feb 1705 – 12 Dec 1707 Died)
• uncanonical: Melchior de la Nava y Moreno [es] (1712.05.09 – 1714 without papal mandate)
• Buenos Aires
  (Argentina) (1712.06.23 – 1716.01.14)
• Bernardo de Serreda y Villate,
  Panamá
  (Panama) (1720 – 1725.12.19)
• José Manuel de Sarricolea y Olea [es] (5 May 1734 – 2 Oct 1740 Died), previously Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina) ([1723.09.19] 1723.11.22 – 1730.07.24), Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (1730.07.24 – 1734.05.05)
• Panamá
  (Panama) (1731.12.17 – 1741.07.20)
• Panamá
  (Panama) (1742 – 1749.01.20)
• Juan Manuel Jerónimo de Romaní y Carrillo (26 Sep 1763 – 15 Sep 1768 Died), previously Bishop of
  Panamá
  (Panama) (1758.03.13 – 1763.09.26)
• Agustín Gorritátegui Gorrichategui [es] (12 Dec 1770 – 28 Oct 1776 Died)
• Arequipa (Peru) ([1769.10.15] 1770.03.12 – 1771.06.17), Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina) (1771.06.17 – 1778.09.28); later Archbishop of Granada
  (1789.08.03 – death 1811.07.24)
• Bartolomé María de las Heras Navarro [es] (14 Dec 1789 – 31 March 1806), later Archbishop of Lima (1806.03.31 – death 1823.09.06)
• José Maria Pérez Armendáriz [es] (31 March 1806 – 9 Feb 1819 Died)
• José Calixto Orihuela Valderrama [es], O.E.S.A. (27 June 1821 – 25 Aug 1838 Resigned), previously Titular Bishop of Calama (1819.03.29 – 1821.06.27) & Auxiliary Bishop of Cusco (Peru) (1819.03.29 – 1821.06.27)
• Eugenio Mendoza Jara [es] (17 Sep 1838 – 18 Aug 1854 Died)
• Julián Ochoa Campos (27 March 1865 – 17 Sep 1875 Resigned)
• Pedro José Tordoya Montoya [es] (17 Sep 1875 – 23 March 1880 Resigned) previously Titular Bishop of Tiberiopolis (1860.03.23 – 1875.09.17) & Auxiliary Bishop of Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1860.03.23 – 1875.09.17); emeritate as Titular Bishop of Arad (1880.08.20 – 1881)
• Juan Antonio Falcón Iturrizaga (19 Jan 1893 – 1 May 1909 Died)
• José Gregorio Castro Miranda, O.F.M. (21 March 1910 – 13 Nov 1917 Resigned), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Clazomenæ (1917.11.13 – 1924.01.30)
• Pedro Pascuál Francesco Farfán de los Godos (19 April 1918 – 18 Sep 1933), previously Bishop of Huaraz (Peru) (1907.03.05 – 1918.04.19); later Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1933.09.18 – 1945.09.17)
• Felipe Santiago Hermosa y Sarmiento [es] (13 June 1935 – 23 May 1943 see below)

Metropolitan Archbishops of Cusco

• Felipe Santiago Hermosa y Sarmiento (see above 23 May 1943 – 17 Dec 1956 Resigned), later
  Peru (Peru) (1956.12.17 – 1967), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Berœa
  (1956.12.17 – 1971.01.20)
• Peru (Peru) (1954.02.07 – 1956.12.17); later Archbishop of Trujillo
  (1965.12.06 – resigned 1976)
• Archbishop-Bishop of Callao
  (Peru) (1975.01.14 – retired 1995.08.17), also President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (1988 – 1991)
• Luis Vallejos Santoni [es] (14 Jan 1975 – 8 June 1982 Died), previously Bishop of Callao (Peru) (1971.09.20 – 1975.01.14)
• Peru
  (Peru) (1967.08.12 – 1983.10.05)
• Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez (29 Nov 2003 – 28 Oct 2014 Retired); previously Titular Bishop of
  Territorial Prelature of Yauyos
  (Peru) (1997.03.15 – 2003.11.29)
• Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia [es] (28 Oct 2014 – ...), previously Bishop of Tarma (Peru) (2001.06.13 – 2014.10.28)

Other affiliated bishops

Auxiliary bishops

^José Calixto Orihuela Valderrama, O.E.S.A. (1819-1821), appointed Bishop here

• Elías Prado Tello (1963-1972), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga
• Severo Aparicio Quispe, O. de M. (1978-1999)
• Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez (1986-1991), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Yauyos (later returned here as Archbishop)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

• Francisco José Marán, appointed Bishop of Concepción, Chile in 1779
• Fidel María Cosío y Medina, appointed Bishop of Puno in 1923
• Ciro Quispe López, appointed Prelate of Juli in 2018

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Peru

References

1. ^ "Archdiocese of Cuzco" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016 ^{[self-published source]}
2. ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cusco" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. ^ Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Vicente Valverde Alvarez, O.P." retrieved January 22, 2015 ^{[self-published source]}
4. ^ Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Juan Solano, O.P." retrieved January 21, 2016 ^{[self-published source]}
5. ^ "Bishop Francisco Ramírez" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
6. ^ "Bishop Mateo Pinello" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
7. ^ "Bishop Sebastián Lartaún" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
8. ^ "Bishop Gregorio de Montalvo Olivera, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
9. ^ "Bishop Lorenzo Pérez de Grado" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 26, 2016
10. ^ Catholic Hierarchy: "Archbishop Fernando de Vera y Zuñiga, O.S.A." retrieved December 4, 2015 ^{[self-published source]}
11. ^ "Bishop Pedro de Ortega y Sotomayor" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016 ^{[self-published source]}

Sources and external links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cusco.

• GCatholic.org, with incumbent bio links
• Catholic Hierarchy [self-published]
• Diocesan website (in Spanish)