Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba

Praelatura Territorialis Moyobambensis
Location
CountryPeru
MetropolitanTrujillo
Statistics
Area45,775 km2 (17,674 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
692,232
553,785 (80.0%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Current leadership
BishopRafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea

The Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Moyobambensis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Moyobamba in the Ecclesiastical province of Trujillo in Peru.

History

Bishops

  • Prelates of Moyobamba (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
    • Bishop Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea (July 21, 2007 – Present)
    • Bishop José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. (June 6, 2000 – July 21, 2007)
    • Bishop Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. (August 25, 1967 – June 6, 2000)
    • Bishop Martin Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi, C.P. (January 15, 1949 – December 30, 1966)

Coadjutor prelates

  • José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. (1998-2000)
  • Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea (2006-2007)

References


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