Diocese of Chosica Dioecesis Chosicana | |
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Location | |
Country | Peru |
Metropolitan | Lima |
Statistics | |
Area | 506 km2 (195 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 1,760,005 1,509,405 (85.8%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Catedral San Andrés de Huaycán |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Jorge Enrique Izaguirre Rafael, M.S.C. |
Bishops emeritus | Norbert Klemens Strotmann Hoppe Arthur Joseph Colgan |
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Jorge Izaguirre, C.S.C. (2023)
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