Roman Catholic Diocese of Chulucanas
Roman Catholic diocese in Peru
Diocese of Chulucanas Dioecesis Chulucanensis | |
---|---|
Location | |
Country | ![]() |
Metropolitan | Piura |
Statistics | |
Area | 12,498 km2 (4,826 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 485,000 435,000 (89.7%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Catedral la Sagrada Familia |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral, elect |
Bishops emeritus | Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A. |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chulucanas (Latin: Chulucanen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Chulucanas in the ecclesiastical province of Piura in Peru.
History
- 4 March 1964: Established as Territorial Prelature of Chulucanas
- 12 December 1988: Promoted as Diocese of Chulucanas
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Prelate of Chulucanas (Roman rite)
- Bishop Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A. (1964.03.04 – 1988.12.12); see below
- Bishops of Chulucanas (Roman rite)
- Bishop Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A. (1988.12.12 – 2000.10.28); see above
- Bishop Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A. (2000.10.28 – 2020.04.02)
- Bishop Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral (2020.04.02 - present)
Coadjutor bishop
- Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A. (1996-2000)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Tarcisio Pusma Ibáñez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo in 2008; did not take effect
See also
Sources
- GCatholic.org
- Catholic Hierarchy
- v
- t
- e
- Archdiocese of Piura
- Diocese of Chachapoyas
- Diocese of Chiclayo
- Diocese of Chulucanas
- Prelature of Chota
- Military Ordinariate of Peru
- Vicariate Apostolic of Iquitos
- Vicariate Apostolic of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier
- Vicariate Apostolic of Pucallpa
- Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado
- Vicariate Apostolic of Requena
- Vicariate Apostolic of San José de Amazonas
- Vicariate Apostolic of San Ramón
- Vicariate Apostolic of Yurimaguas
Catholicism portal
5°05′50″S 80°09′40″W / 5.0972°S 80.1612°W / -5.0972; -80.1612
![]() | This article on a Roman Catholic diocese in Peru is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- v
- t
- e