Diocese of

Huancavélica

Peru Peru

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Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Huancavélica / Huancavelicen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ayacucho

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 7

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.05.21 – ...):Bishop Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I. (63)Bishop Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I. (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Huancavélica (Roman Rite)

Bishop Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I. (63)Bishop Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I. (63)
(2021.05.21 – ...)

Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru)

Born:1960.11.25 (Comas, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1996.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:2016.04.17

Titular Bishop of Mattiana (2016.01.30 – 2021.05.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Huancayo (Peru) (2016.01.30 – 2021.05.21)

Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru) (2021.05.21 – ...)

Bishop Isidro Barrio Barrio (80)Bishop Isidro Barrio Barrio (80)
(2005.06.18 – 2021.05.21)

Bishop emeritus of Huancavélica (Peru)

Born:1943.05.05 (Villafranca Montes de Oca, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1968.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:2002.05.25

Priest of Huancavélica (Peru) (1968.07.06 – 2002.04.10)

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

Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru) (2005.06.18 – 2021.05.21)

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

Special Churches

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

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 22,131 km²

Population: 455,516 Catholics (88.9% of 512,578 total)

Pastoral Centres: 28 parishes, 123 missions

Personnel: 49 priests (diocesan), 70 religious (70 sisters), 27 seminarians

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Seminarians

Last updated on 2024.03.04

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