List of Catholic dioceses in Peru

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The Catholic Church in Peru comprises seven ecclesiastical provinces each headed by an archbishop. The provinces are in turn subdivided into 19 dioceses and seven archdioceses each headed by a bishop or an archbishop. There are also 10 territorial prelatures, 8 apostolic vicariates and one Military Ordinariate in Peru.

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List of Dioceses

Ecclesiastical province of Arequipa

Ecclesiastical province of Ayacucho

Ecclesiastical province of Cuzco

Ecclesiastical province of Huancayo

Ecclesiastical province of Lima

Ecclesiastical province of Piura

Ecclesiastical province of Trujillo

Vicariates

Military Ordinariate

Defunct Circumscription

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