Diocese of Sicuani, Peru 🇵🇪

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Sicuani / Sicuanen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cusco

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

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 10

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

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

Contact Info

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

Phone: (84)35.12.74; 35.11.61

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.09.30 – ...):

Bishop César Augusto Huerta Ramírez (50)

Monsignors (3)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Sicuani (Roman Rite)

Bishop César Augusto Huerta Ramírez (50)
(2024.09.30 – ...)

Bishop of Sicuani (Peru)

Born:	1975.11.14 (Huaraz-Ancash, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	2005.11.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.12.07

Priest of Arequipa (Peru) (2005.11.17 – 2024.09.30)

Bishop of Sicuani (Peru) (2024.09.30 – ...)

Bishop Pedro Alberto Bustamante López (61)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.08.08 – 2024.09.30)

Bishop Pedro Alberto Bustamante López (61)
(2020.09.29 – 2024.06.01)

Bishop of Huánuco (Peru)

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

Priest of Arequipa (Peru) (1992.12.07 – 2013.07.10)

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

Bishop of Sicuani (Peru) (2020.09.29 – 2024.06.01)

Apostolic Administrator of Ayaviri (Peru) (2021.04.07 – 2024.10.04)

Bishop of Huánuco (Peru) (2024.06.01 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Sicuani (Peru) (2024.08.08 – 2024.09.30)

Prelates of Sicuani (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pedro Alberto Bustamante López (61)
(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 (Chicago, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1946.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.08.05
Died:	1988.07.12 (Chicago, IL, USA † 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)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Monte Carmelo, Sicuani, Cusco
Former Cathedral: Catedral antigua Inmaculada Concepción, Sicuani, Cusco
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Churches by City (33)

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

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 19,879 km²

Population: 183,376 Catholics (67.4% of 272,230 total)

Pastoral Centres: 34 parishes

Personnel: 17 priests (diocesan), 34 religious (34 sisters), 8 seminarians