Diocese of

Sicuani

Peru

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Area: 19,879 km²

Population: 200,554 Catholics (74.4% of 269,402 total) (2020)

Statistics: 31 parishes, 26 priests (19 diocesan, 7 religious), 43 lay religious (9 brothers, 34 sisters), 6 seminarians (2020)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cusco

Neighbouring Dioceses: Chuquibamba (↙), Chuquibambilla (←), Cusco (↑), Ayaviri (→), Puno (↘), Arequipa (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Address: Apartado 46, Jirón Hipólito Unanue 236, Plaza de Armas, Sicuani,via Cusco, Peru

Phone: (84)35.12.74; 35.11.61

Website:

History

1959.01.10: Established as Territorial Prelature of Sicuani / Sicuanen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cusco)
2020.09.29: Promoted as Diocese of Sicuani / Sicuanen(sis) (Latin)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Monte Carmelo, Sicuani, Cusco
Former Cathedral: Catedral antigua Inmaculada Concepción, Sicuani, Cusco

All Churches (33)

Chuquibamba (↙), Chuquibambilla (←), Cusco (↑), Ayaviri (→), Puno (↘), Arequipa (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.09.29 – ...):

Bishop Pedro Alberto Bustamante López (57)

Apostolic Administrator of Ayaviri (Peru)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sicuani (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pedro Alberto Bustamante López (57)
(2020.09.29 – ...)

Bishop of Sicuani (Peru)
Apostolic Administrator of Ayaviri (Peru)

Born:	1965.01.09 (Cotaparaco, Recuay, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1992.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.08.15

Bishop-Prelate of Sicuani (Peru) (2013.07.10 – 2020.09.29)

Bishop of Sicuani (Peru) (2020.09.29 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Ayaviri (Peru) (2021.04.07 – ...)

Prelates of Sicuani (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pedro Alberto Bustamante López (57)
(2013.07.10 – 2020.09.29)

(see above)

Bishop Miguel La Fay Bardi, O. Carm.
(1999.07.26 – 2013.07.10)

Born:	1934.11.11 (Chelsea, MA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1960.07.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1999.10.15
Died:	2021.10.20 (Needham, MA, USA † 86)

Bishop-Prelate of Sicuani (Peru) (1999.07.26 – 2013.07.10)

Fr. Alban Quinn, O. Carm.
(Apostolic Administrator 1971.07.12 – 1999.07)

Bishop Nevin William Hayes, O. Carm.
(1959.01.10 – 1970.11.07)

Born:	1922.02.17 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1946.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.08.05
Died:	1988.07.12 († 66)

Bishop-Prelate of Sicuani (Peru) (1959.01.10 – 1970.11.07)

Titular Bishop of Nova Sinna (1965.05.05 – 1988.07.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (USA) (1971.02.02 – 1988.07.12)

as of 2022.06.30

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