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Diocese of

Chiclayo

Peru Peru

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Chiclayo / Chiclayen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Piura

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Churches by City (50)

Piura (↖), Chulucanas (↗), Chota (→), Cajamarca (↘)

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2023.04.12 – ...):Bishop Guillermo Antonio Cornejo Monzón (58)Bishop Guillermo Antonio Cornejo Monzón (58)

Titular Bishop of Decoriana

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Chiclayo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Guillermo Antonio Cornejo Monzón (58)Bishop Guillermo Antonio Cornejo Monzón (58)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.04.12 – ...)

Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. (68)Bishop Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. (68) (later Archbishop)
(2015.09.26 – 2023.01.30)

Prefect of Dicastery for Bishops
President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America
Archbishop ad personam
Bishop emeritus of Chiclayo (Peru)

In illo uno unum

Born:1955.09.14 (Chicago, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:1982.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:2014.12.12
Created Cardinal:2023.09.30

Prior General of Order of Saint Augustine (Augustinians) (2001.09.14 – 2013.09.04)

Titular Bishop of Sufar (2014.11.03 – 2015.09.26)

Apostolic Administrator of Chiclayo (Peru) (2014.11.03 – 2015.09.26)

Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru) (2015.09.26 – 2023.01.30)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2018.03.08 – 2023.01.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Callao (Peru) (2020.04.15 – 2021.04.17)

Prefect of Dicastery for Bishops (2023.01.30 [2023.04.12] – ...)

President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America (2023.01.30 [2023.04.12] – ...)

Archbishop ad personam (2023.01.30 – ...)

Archbishop Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. (68)Bishop Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. (68) (later Archbishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.11.03 – 2015.09.26)

Bishop Jesús Moliné Labarta (84)Bishop Jesús Moliné Labarta (84)
(1998.05.04 – 2014.11.03)

Bishop emeritus of Chiclayo (Peru)

Born:1939.01.29 (Puebla de Alfindén, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1965.03.28
Consecrated Bishop:1997.03.19

Coadjutor Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru) (1997.02.08 – 1998.05.04)

Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru) (1998.05.04 – 2014.11.03)

Bishop Ignacio María de Orbegozo y Goicoechea
(1968.04.26 – 1998.05.04)

Born:1922.03.25 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:1951.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:1964.01.25
Died:1998.05.04 († 76)

Bishop-Prelate of Yauyos (Peru) (1957.04.12 – 1968.04.26)

Titular Bishop of Ariassus (1963.10.29 – 1968.04.26)

Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru) (1968.04.26 – 1998.05.04)

Bishop Daniel Figueroa Villón
(1956.12.17 – 1967.01.30)

Born:1902.08.16
Ordained Priest:1926.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:1945.05.20
Died:1967.01.30 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Parnassus (1945.04.12 – 1946.09.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1945.04.12 – 1946.09.22)

Bishop of Huancayo (Peru) (1946.09.22 – 1956.12.17)

Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru) (1956.12.17 – 1967.01.30)

Former Prelates

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 15,649 km²

Population: 1,136,190 Catholics (83.1% of 1,366,734 total) (2021)

Statistics: 50 parishes, 2 missions, 109 priests (93 diocesan, 16 religious), 179 religious (18 brothers, 161 sisters), 24 seminarians (2021)

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 7

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History

Last updated on 2023.09.24

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