Roman Catholic Diocese of Cajamarca
Diocese of Cajamarca Dioecesis Caiamarcensis | |
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 Cathedral of St. Catherine | |
| Location | |
| Country | Peru |
| Ecclesiastical province | Trujillo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 15,333 km2 (5,920 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 844,000 804,000 (95.3%) |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Cathedral | Catedral Santa Catalina |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Isaac-C. Martínez Chuquizana, M.S.A. |
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The Diocese of Cajamarca (
Latin: Caiamarcen(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Cajamarca, Peru. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo
.
History
- April 5, 1908: Established as Diocese of Cajamarca from the Diocese of Chachapoyasand Diocese of Trujillo
Leadership
- Bishops of Cajamarca, in reverse chronological order
- Bishop Isaac-C. Martínez Chuquizana, M.S.A. (2021.10.23 – present)
- Bishop José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R. (2004.10.12 – 2021.10.23)
- Bishop Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno (1995.03.18 – 2004.02.04), appointed Bishop of Chimbote
- Archbishop Matias Patrício de Macêdo (1990.07.12 – 2000.07.12)
- Bishop José Antonio Dammert Bellido (1962.03.19 – 1992.12.01)
- Bishop Nemesio Rivera Meza (1960.01.28 – 1961.07.08)
- Bishop SS.CC.(1947.09.05 – 1960.01.28), appointed Bishop of Huacho
- Bishop Teodosio Moreno Quintana (1940.12.15 – 1947.06.27), appointed Bishop of Huánuco
- Bishop Giovanni Giuseppe Guillén y Salazar, C.M. (1933.12.21 – 1937.09.16)
- Bishop Antonio Rafael Villanueva, O.F.M. (1928 – 1933.08.02)
- Bishop Francesco di Paolo Grozo (1910.03.21 – 1928)
See also
- Roman Catholicism in Peru
Sources
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