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Diocese of

Chimbote

Peru Peru

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Chimbote / Cimbotien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Trujillo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Special Churches

Churches by City (43)

Trujillo (↑), Huaraz (→), Huacho (↘)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.05.18 – ...):Bishop Ángel Ernesto Zapata Bances, O.C.D. (63)Bishop Ángel Ernesto Zapata Bances, O.C.D. (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Chimbote (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ángel Ernesto Zapata Bances, O.C.D. (63)Bishop Ángel Ernesto Zapata Bances, O.C.D. (63)
(2022.05.18 – ...)

Bishop of Chimbote (Peru)

Born:1959.08.03 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1987.03.22
Consecrated Bishop:2022.07.16

Bishop of Chimbote (Peru) (2022.05.18 – ...)

Bishop Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno (77)Bishop Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno (77)
(2004.02.04 – 2022.05.18)

Bishop emeritus of Chimbote (Peru)

Born:1945.12.03 (Corbellino di Sayago, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1973.04.22
Consecrated Bishop:1991.07.05

Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru) (1991.05.18 – 1995.03.18)

Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru) (1995.03.18 – 2004.02.04)

Bishop of Chimbote (Peru) (2004.02.04 – 2022.05.18)

Bishop Luis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, S.J.
(1983.04.06 – 2004.02.04)

Born:1928.01.14 (Yungay, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1958.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:1968.01.07
Died:2021.03.19 (Lima, Peru † 93)

Titular Bishop of Sertei (1967.12.01 – 1978.06.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) (1967.12.01 – 1978.06.02)

Bishop-Prelate of Chimbote (Peru) (1978.06.02 – 1983.04.06)

Bishop of Chimbote (Peru) (1983.04.06 – 2004.02.04)

President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (1999 – 2003)

Prelates of Chimbote (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, S.J.
(1978.06.02 – 1983.04.06)

(see above)

Bishop James Edward Charles Burke, O.P.
(1965.03.08 – 1978.06.02)

Born:1926.11.30 (USA)
Ordained Priest:1956.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:1967.05.25
Died:1994.05.28 († 67)

Bishop-Prelate of Chimbote (Peru) (1965.03.08 – 1978.06.02)

Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga (1967.04.08 – 1994.05.28)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 23,500 km²

Population: 635,800 Catholics (87.9% of 723,190 total) (2020)

Statistics: 51 parishes, 520 missions, 66 priests (56 diocesan, 10 religious), 1 deacon, 95 lay religious (10 brothers, 85 sisters), 11 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: San Pedro (June 29), Santísima Virgen del Carmen (July 16)

History

Last updated on 2023.04.13

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