Roman Catholic diocese in Peru
Diocese of Chiclayo
Dioecesis Chiclayensis
Cathedral of St. Mary
Country Peru Metropolitan Piura Area 18,226 km2 (7,037 sq mi) Population - Total - Catholics (as of 2006) 1,218,000 1,115,000 (91.5%) Rite Latin Rite Cathedral Catedral Santa María Pope Francis Bishop vacant Bishops emeritus
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiclayo (Latin : Chiclayen(sis) ) is a Latin Catholic suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Piura in Peru 's northwestern Lambayeque region .
Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Santa María in the city of Chiclayo .
History
The Diocese of Chiclayo was established on 17 December 1956 as the Diocese of Chiclayo on territory split off from the Diocese of Cajamarca and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo . On 17 April 1963, some of its territory was lost to form the Territorial Prelature of Chota .[1]
Bishops
Coadjutor bishop
Auxiliary bishop
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
See also
References
Sources and external links
Province of Arequipa Province of Ayacucho Province of Cusco Province of Huancayo Province of Lima Province of Piura Province of Trujillo Sui iuris jurisdictions
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