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Archdiocese of Lima Archidioecesis Limana | |
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Location | |
Country | Peru |
Ecclesiastical province | Lima |
Statistics | |
Area | 639 km2 (247 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2013) 3,582,000 3,224,000 (90%) |
Parishes | 113 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 14 May 1541 (483 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Basílica San Juan Apóstol y Evangelista |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio |
Auxiliary Bishops |
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Bishops emeritus | Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne Adriano Tomasi Travaglia |
Map | |
Website | |
www.arzobispadodelima.org |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima (Latin : Archidioecesis Limana) is part of the Catholic Church in Peru which enjoys full communion with the Holy See. The Archdiocese was founded as the Diocese of Lima on 14 May 1541. The diocese was raised to the level of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Paul III on 12 February 1546. One of its archbishops was the saint Torribio Mogrovejo. [1] [2] [3]
The suffragan dioceses are: Callao, Carabayllo, Chosica, Huacho, Ica, Lurín, and (Territorial Prelature) Yauyos. From 1999 to 2019 the Archbishop of Lima was Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, made Cardinal in 2001. The Archbishop's Palace of Lima is the headquarters of the archdiocese.
Erected: 14 May 1541
Elevated: 12 February 1546
°Antonio Vigo, OdeM (1664–1666), did not take effect
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