Diocese of Cajamarca

Dioecesis Caiamarcensis
Cathedral of St. Catherine
Location
CountryPeru
Ecclesiastical provinceTrujillo
Statistics
Area15,333 km2 (5,920 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2006)
844,000
804,000 (95.3%)
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
CathedralCatedral Santa Catalina
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopIsaac-C. Martínez Chuquizana, M.S.A.
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The Diocese of Cajamarca (Latin: Caiamarcen(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Cajamarca, Peru. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo.

History

Leadership

  • Bishops of Cajamarca, in reverse chronological order
    • Bishop Isaac-C. Martínez Chuquizana, M.S.A. (2021.10.23 – present)
    • Bishop José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R. (2004.10.12 – 2021.10.23)
    • Bishop Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno (1995.03.18 – 2004.02.04), appointed Bishop of Chimbote
    • Archbishop Matias Patrício de Macêdo (1990.07.12 – 2000.07.12)
    • Bishop José Antonio Dammert Bellido (1962.03.19 – 1992.12.01)
    • Bishop Nemesio Rivera Meza (1960.01.28 – 1961.07.08)
    • Bishop Pablo Ramírez Taboado, SS.CC. (1947.09.05 – 1960.01.28), appointed Bishop of Huacho
    • Bishop Teodosio Moreno Quintana (1940.12.15 – 1947.06.27), appointed Bishop of Huánuco
    • Bishop Giovanni Giuseppe Guillén y Salazar, C.M. (1933.12.21 – 1937.09.16)
    • Bishop Antonio Rafael Villanueva, O.F.M. (1928 – 1933.08.02)
    • Bishop Francesco di Paolo Grozo (1910.03.21 – 1928)

See also

Sources

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