Territorial Prelature of Ayaviri, Peru

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Ayaviri / Ayavirien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Arequipa

Bishop-Prelate:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2021.04.07 – ...):	Bishop Pedro Alberto Bustamante López (57) Bishop of Sicuani (Peru)

Prelates of Ayaviri (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pedro Alberto Bustamante López (57)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.04.07 – ...)

Bishop Kay Martin Schmalhausen Panizo, S.C.V. (58)
(2006.02.18 – 2021.04.07)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Ayaviri (Peru)

Bishop-Prelate of Ayaviri (Peru) (2006.02.18 – 2021.04.07)

Bishop Juan Godayol Colom, S.D.B. (79)
(1991.12.04 – 2006.02.18)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Ayaviri (Peru)

Bishop-Prelate of Ayaviri (Peru) (1991.12.04 – 2006.02.18)

Bishop José Juan Luciano Carlos Metzinger Greff, SS.CC.
(1958.07.30 – 1971.01.31)

Bishop-Prelate of Ayaviri (Peru) (1958.07.30 – 1971.01.31)

Titular Bishop of Autenti (1964.04.04 – 1992.10.23)

Address: Curia Prelaticia, Jr. Jorge Chávez 489, Ayaviri, Puno, Peru

Phone: (51)563.123

Website:

Area: 20,712 km²

Population: 162,400 Catholics (86.0% of 188,865 total) (2020)

Statistics: 21 parishes, 23 priests (22 diocesan, 1 religious), 18 lay religious (3 brothers, 15 sisters), 2 seminarians (2020)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 8

1958.07.30: Established as Territorial Prelature of Ayaviri / Ayavirien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Puno and became suffragan of Arequipa)
2019.04.03: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané