A prelate is a high-ranking member of the Christian clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin praelatus, the past participle of praeferre, which means 'carry before', 'be set above or over' or 'prefer'; hence, a prelate is one set over others.
The Catholic Church in Peru is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope, the curia in Rome, and the Peruvian Episcopal Conference.
A territorial prelate is, in Catholic usage, a prelate whose geographic jurisdiction, called territorial prelature, generally does not belong to any diocese and is considered a particular church.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trujillo is an archdiocese located in the city of Trujillo in Peru.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maputo is the Metropolitan See for the ecclesiastical province of Maputo in Mozambique.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cusco is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese with see in the city and old Inca imperial capital of Cusco, in Peru.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa is an archdiocese located in the city of Arequipa in Peru. It was erected by Pope Gregory XIII on 15 April 1577 at the request of King Philip II of Spain.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiclayo is a Latin Catholic suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Piura in Peru's northwestern Lambayeque region.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santarém is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in northern Brazil. It was a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Belém do Pará until 6 November 2019.
The Territorial Prelature of Caravelí is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan of Ayacucho in southern Peru.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad del Este is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in the city of Ciudad del Este, in the Ecclesiastical Province of Asunción in Paraguay.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coronel Oviedo is a diocese located in the city of Coronel Oviedo in the ecclesiastical province of Asunción in Paraguay.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Encarnación is a diocese located in the city of Encarnación in the ecclesiastical province of Asunción in Paraguay.
The Territorial Prelature of Juli is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature in the city of Juli in the ecclesiastical province of Arequipa in Peru.
The Territorial Prelature of Yauyos is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Yauyos in the ecclesiastical province of Lima in Peru.
The Territorial Prelature of Pompei also called the Territorial Prelature of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Most Holy Rosary is a Latin Church territorial prelature located in the city of Pompei in the ecclesiastical province of Napoli in Italy. The cathedral of the territorial prelature is the Shrine of the Virgin of the Rosary of Pompei.
The Military Bishopric of Peru is a Latin Church military ordinariate of the Catholic Church. Immediately exempt to the Holy See, it provides pastoral care to Catholics serving in the Peruvian Armed Forces and their families.
Redento Maria Gauci, O. Carm. was a Maltese Carmelite bishop who became the Prelate of Chuquibamba in Peru.
Cellae in Proconsulari was an ancient city and bishopric in Roman Africa, which remains a Latin titular see.
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