Diocese of Huaraz Dioecesis Huarazensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Peru |
Ecclesiastical province | Trujillo |
Statistics | |
Area | 13,818 km2 (5,335 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 405,800 365,000 (89.9%) |
Parishes | 30 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 15 May 1899 (125 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral de San Sebastián y la Inmaculada Concepción |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona |
The Diocese of Huaraz is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Peru. Erected in 1899, the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Trujillo
The current bishop is José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona, appointed in Feb. 2004.
On 15 May 1899 Pope Leo XIII established the Diocese of Huaraz with territory taken from the Archdiocese of Lima. It lost territory when the Territorial Prelature of Huarí was established in 1958. [1] [2]
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