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Diocese of

Huancavélica

Peru

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 22,180 km²

Population: 435,600 Catholics (89.4% of 487,500 total) (2015)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ayacucho

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ica (↙), Yauyos (←), Huancayo (↑), San Ramón (↗), Ayacucho (→), Caravelí (↓)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Statistics: 25 parishes, 108 missions, 49 priests (diocesan), 72 lay religious (72 sisters), 26 seminarians (2015)

History

1944.12.18: Established as Diocese of Huancavélica / Huancavelicen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Ayacucho)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Antonio, Huancavélica, Huancavelica

Present Prelates

Bishop (2005.06.18 – ...):

Bishop Isidro Barrio Barrio (74)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Huancavélica (Roman Rite)

Bishop Isidro Barrio Barrio (74)
(2005.06.18 – ...)

Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru)

Born:	1943.05.05 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1968.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.05.25

Coadjutor Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru) (2002.04.10 – 2005.06.18)

Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru) (2005.06.18 – ...)

Bishop William Dermott Molloy McDermott
(1982.01.14 – 2005.06.18)

Born:	1930.05.10 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1955.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.07.04
Died:	2013.08.19 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania (1976.05.19 – 1982.01.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru) (1976.05.19 – 1982.01.14)

Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru) (1982.01.14 – 2005.06.18)

Bishop Florencio Coronado Romani, C.SS.R.
(1956.03.01 – 1982.01.14)

Born:	1908.05.23 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1938.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.04.22
Died:	2006.02.25 († 97)

Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru) (1956.03.01 – 1982.01.14)

Bishop Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.SS.R. (later Archbishop)
(1949.01.13 – 1954.02.07)

Born:	1903.04.28 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1937.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.02.13
Died:	1980.10.06 († 77)

Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru) (1949.01.13 – 1954.02.07)

Titular Bishop of Nisyrus (1954.02.07 – 1956.12.17)

Military Vicar of Peru (Peru) (1954.02.07 – 1956.12.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru) (1956.12.17 – 1965.12.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1965.12.06 – 1976)

Bishop Alberto Maria Dettmann y Aragón, O.P.
(1945.07.06 – 1948.06.28)

Born:	1902.11.10 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1929.08.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.07.15
Died:	1982.01.28 († 79)

Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru) (1945.07.06 – 1948.06.28)

Bishop of Puno (Peru) (1948.06.28 – 1959.02.06)

Bishop of Ica (Peru) (1959.02.06 – 1973.10.05)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Isidro Barrio Barrio (74) (2002.04.10 – 2005.06.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop William Dermott Molloy McDermott (1976.05.19 – 1982.01.14)

as of 2017.08.17

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