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Territorial Prelature of Ayaviri

Praelatura Territorialis Ayaviriensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Territorial Prelature
  • Erected: 30 July 1958
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Arequipa
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Peru
  • Square Kilometers: 20,712 (8,000 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.prelaturaayaviri.org/
  • Mailing Address: Curia Prelaticia, Jr. Jorge Chavez 489, Ayaviri [Puno], Peru
  • Telephone: (51)563.123
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
30 July 1958ErectedDiocese of Puno (Melgar, Carabaya, and Sandia) Territorial Prelature of Ayaviri (erected)
3 April 2019Territory LostTerritorial Prelature of Ayaviri (Alto Inambari, Cuyocuyo, Patambuco, Quiaca, San Juan del Oro, San Pedro de Putinapunco, Sandia, and Yanahuaya (Sandia province))
Territorial Prelature of Juli (Huancané, Cojata, Inchupalla, Pusi, Rosaspata, Vilque Chico, and Taraco (Huancané province))
Territorial Prelature of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané (erected) (Conima, Huayrapata, Moho, and Tilali (Moho province); and Ananea, Quilcapuncu, and Sina (province of San Antonio de Putina))

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1966168,000170,00098.8%119208,400715ap1967
1970190,000200,00095.0%1111228,636111431ap1971
1976140,000150,00093.3%89178,23591031ap1977
1980140,000150,00093.3%1210226,363101031ap1981
1990171,000205,00083.4%139227,77293531ap1991
1999280,000350,00080.0%651125,45473337ap2000
2000280,200351,00079.8%741125,47262340ap2001
2001280,915352,00079.8%941321,60862942ap2002
2002155,609173,71189.6%761311,969112725ap2003
2003155,609173,71189.6%861411,11482435ap2004
2004175,800179,30098.0%1431710,34142430ap2005
2013193,400199,40097.0%1541910,17871632ap2014
2016199,868206,03697.0%212238,68941632ap2017
2019152,656179,59685.0%181198,03432021ap2020
2021162,400188,86586.0%221237,06031521ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 51, Page 321, to Page 323

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