Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba, Peru

Present Prelates

Bishop-Prelate (2007.07.21 – ...):

Bishop Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea (61)

Ordinaries

Prelates of Moyobamba (Roman Rite)

Bishop Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea (61)
(2007.07.21 – ...)

Bishop-Prelate of Moyobamba (Peru)

Born:	1962.04.04 (Quintanar de la Orden, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1989.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.08.26

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Moyobamba (Peru) (2006.07.08 – 2007.07.21)

Bishop-Prelate of Moyobamba (Peru) (2007.07.21 – ...)

Bishop José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P.
(2000.06.06 – 2007.07.21)

Al servicio de la caridad

Born:	1929.04.03 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1951.04.25
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.07.03
Died:	2007.08.27 († 78)

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate of Moyobamba (Peru) (1998.05.30 – 2000.06.06)

Bishop-Prelate of Moyobamba (Peru) (2000.06.06 – 2007.07.21)

Bishop Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P.
(1967.08.25 – 2000.06.06)

Omnia omnibus

Born:	1927.04.06 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1949.08.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.11.21
Died:	2008.07.18 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Naratcata (1967.08.25 – 1977.12.01)

Bishop-Prelate of Moyobamba (Peru) (1967.08.25 – 2000.06.06)

Bishop Martin Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi, C.P.
(1949.01.15 – 1966.12.30)

Born:	1899.12.30 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1924.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1954.02.24
Died:	1966.12.30 († 67)

Bishop-Prelate of Moyobamba (Peru) (1949.01.15 – 1966.12.30)

Titular Bishop of Baliana (1953.10.03 – 1966.12.30)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate: Bishop Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea (61) (2006.07.08 – 2007.07.21)
Coadjutor Bishop-Prelate: Bishop José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. (1998.05.30 – 2000.06.06)

Contact Info

Address: Casa Prelaticia, Jr. Callao 650, Moyobamba, Dep.to San Martín, Peru

Phone: (42)56.23.53

Website:

Statistics

Area: 39,418 km²

Population: 506,396 Catholics (65.0% of 779,071 total) (2020)

Statistics: 23 parishes, 820 missions, 47 priests (32 diocesan, 15 religious), 98 lay religious (15 brothers, 83 sisters), 22 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: July 25

History

1948.03.07: Established as Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba / Moyobamben(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Chachapoyas and became suffragan of Trujillo)