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Changes in Ecclesiastical Circumscriptionsin Peru |  |
Date | Change |
| 1536.09.05 | Diocese of Cusco was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Sevilla) |
| 1541.05.14 | Diocese of Lima was established (from Diocese of Cusco) |
| 1546.02.12 | Diocese of Lima was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima |
| 1577.04.15 | Diocese of Arequipa was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima) |
| 1577.04.15 | Diocese of Trujillo was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima) |
| 1609.07.20 | Diocese of Ayacucho was established (from Diocese of Cusco) |
| 1803.05.28 | Diocese of Maynas was established (from Diocese of Cuenca, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima, Diocese of Popayán and Diocese of Trujillo) |
| 1843.06.02 | Diocese of Maynas was renamed as Diocese of Chachapoyas |
| 1861.10.07 | Diocese of Puno was established (from Diocese of Cusco) |
| 1865.03.17 | Diocese of Huánuco was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima) |
| 1899.05.15 | Diocese of Huaraz was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima) |
| 1900.01.05 | Apostolic Prefecture of San Domingo de Urubamba was established (from Diocese of Cusco) |
| 1900.02.05 | Apostolic Prefecture of San León del Amazonas was established (from Diocese of Chachapoyas) |
| 1900.02.05 | Apostolic Prefecture of Ucayali was established (from Diocese of Ayacucho and Diocese of Huánuco) |
| 1908.04.05 | Diocese of Cajamarca was established (from Diocese of Trujillo and Diocese of Chachapoyas) |
| 1912 | Diocese of Cajamarca exchanged territory with Diocese of Trujillo |
| 1912 | Diocese of Trujillo exchanged territory with Diocese of Cajamarca |
| 1913.07.04 | Apostolic Prefecture of San Domingo de Urubamba was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Urubamba y Madre de Dios |
| 1921.02.22 | Apostolic Prefecture of San León del Amazonas was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of San León del Amazonas |
| 1921.02.27 | Apostolic Prefecture of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of San León del Amazonas) |
| 1925.07.14 | Apostolic Prefecture of Ucayali was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of Ucayali |
| 1929.12.20 | Diocese of Arequipa lost territory to Diocese of Iquique |
| 1936.06.03 | Apostolic Prefecture of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón |
| 1940.02.29 | Diocese of Piura was established (from Diocese of Trujillo) |
| 1943.05.15 | Military Vicariate of Peru was established |
| 1943.05.23 | Diocese of Arequipa was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa |
| 1943.05.23 | Diocese of Cusco was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cusco |
| 1943.05.23 | Diocese of Trujillo was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo |
| 1944.12.18 | Diocese of Huancavélica was established (from Diocese of Ayacucho) |
| 1944.12.18 | Diocese of Huancayo was established (from Diocese of Huánuco) |
| 1944.12.18 | Diocese of Tacna was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa) |
| 1945.07.13 | Apostolic Prefecture of San José de Amazonas was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of San León del Amazonas) |
| 1945.08.01 | Apostolic Vicariate of San León del Amazonas was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Iquitos |
| 1946.01.11 | Apostolic Prefecture of San Francisco Javier was established (from Diocese of Cajamarca, Diocese of Chachapoyas and Apostolic Vicariate of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón) |
| 1946.08.10 | Diocese of Ica was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima) |
| 1948.03.07 | Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba was established (from Diocese of Chachapoyas) |
| 1949.03.10 | Apostolic Vicariate of Urubamba y Madre de Dios was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Maldonado |
| 1953 | Diocese of Cajamarca lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of San Francisco Javier |
| 1955.07.03 | Apostolic Prefecture of San José de Amazonas was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of San José de Amazonas |
| 1956.03.02 | Apostolic Vicariate of Pucallpa was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Ucayali) |
| 1956.03.02 | Apostolic Vicariate of Requena was established (from Apostolic Vicariate of Ucayali) |
| 1956.03.02 | Apostolic Vicariate of Ucayali was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of San Ramón (lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Pucallpa and Apostolic Vicariate of Requena) |
| 1956.12.17 | Diocese of Chiclayo was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo and Diocese of Cajamarca) |
| 1957.04.12 | Territorial Prelature of Yauyos was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima) |
| 1957.08.03 | Territorial Prelature of Juli was established (from Diocese of Puno) |
| 1958.04.28 | Diocese of Abancay was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cusco) |
| 1958.05.15 | Diocese of Huacho was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima) |
| 1958.05.15 | Territorial Prelature of Huarí was established (from Diocese of Huánuco and Diocese of Huaraz) |
| 1958.05.15 | Territorial Prelature of Tarma was established (from Diocese of Huancayo and Diocese of Huánuco) |
| 1958.07.30 | Territorial Prelature of Ayaviri was established (from Diocese of Puno) |
| 1959.01.10 | Territorial Prelature of Sicuani was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cusco) |
| 1960.11.10 | Apostolic Vicariate of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Yurimaguas |
| 1961.12.04 | Territorial Prelature of Huamachuco was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo) |
| 1962.03.24 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima lost territory to Territorial Prelature of Yauyos |
| 1962.06.05 | Territorial Prelature of Chuquibamba was established |
| 1962.11.26 | Territorial Prelature of Chimbote was established (from Diocese of Huaraz) |
| 1963.04.07 | Territorial Prelature of Chota was established (from Diocese of Chiclayo) |
| 1964.03.04 | Territorial Prelature of Chulucanas was established (from Diocese of Piura) |
| 1966.06.30 | Diocese of Ayacucho was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ayacucho |
| 1966.06.30 | Diocese of Huancayo was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo |
| 1966.06.30 | Diocese of Piura was promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Piura |
| 1967.04.29 | Diocese of Callao was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima) |
| 1968.04.26 | Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla was established (from Diocese of Abancay) |
| 1970.03.10 | Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima lost territory to Diocese of Callao |
| 1971.04.24 | Apostolic Prefecture of San Francisco Javier was promoted as Apostolic Vicariate of San Francisco Javier |
| 1980.11.22 | Apostolic Vicariate of San Francisco Javier was renamed as Apostolic Vicariate of Jaén en Perú |
| 1983.04.06 | Territorial Prelature of Chimbote was promoted as Diocese of Chimbote (gained territory from Diocese of Huaraz) |
| 1983.04.06 | Diocese of Huaraz lost territory to Diocese of Chimbote |
| 1985.12.21 | Territorial Prelature of Tarma was promoted as Diocese of Tarma |
| 1986.07.21 | Military Vicariate of Peru was promoted as Military Ordinariate of Obispado Castrense del Perú |
| 1988.12.12 | Territorial Prelature of Chulucanas was promoted as Diocese of Chulucanas |
| 1992.07.11 | Diocese of Tacna was renamed as Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua |
| 1996.12.14 | Diocese of Carabayllo was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima) |
| 1996.12.14 | Territorial Prelature of Caravelí was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ayacucho) |
| 1996.12.14 | Diocese of Chosica was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima) |
| 1996.12.14 | Diocese of Lurín was established (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima) |
| 2001.07.06 | Territorial Prelature of Yauyos lost territory to Diocese of Chosica |
| 2007.04.26 | Diocese of Cajamarca lost territory to Diocese of Huánuco |
| 2008.04.02 | Territorial Prelature of Huarí was promoted as Diocese of Huarí |
| 2019.04.03 | Territorial Prelature of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané was established (from Territorial Prelature of Ayaviri and Territorial Prelature of Juli) |
| 2020.09.29 | Territorial Prelature of Sicuani was promoted as Diocese of Sicuani |
as of 2021.10.23
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