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Diocese of Chachapoyas

Dioecesis Chachapoyasensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 2 June 1843
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Piura
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Peru
  • Square Kilometers: 16,075 (6,208 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Jr. Ayacucho 1008, Chachapoyas, Peru
  • Telephone: (41)79.32.30

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Maynas
28 May 1803ErectedDiocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga)
Diocese of Cuenca
Archdiocese of Lima
Diocese of Popayán
Diocese of Quito
Diocese of Trujillo
Diocese of Maynas (erected)
Diocese of Chachapoyas
2 June 1843Name ChangedDiocese of Maynas Diocese of Chachapoyas
5 February 1900Territory LostDiocese of Chachapoyas Prefecture Apostolic of San León del Amazonas (erected)
5 April 1908Territory LostDiocese of Chachapoyas
Diocese of Trujillo
Diocese of Cajamarca (erected)
23 May 1943Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Chachapoyas (from Lima to Trujillo)
11 January 1946Territory LostDiocese of Cajamarca
Diocese of Chachapoyas
Vicariate Apostolic of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Marañón
Prefecture Apostolic of San Francisco Javier (erected)
7 March 1948Territory LostDiocese of Chachapoyas (San Martín (Moyobamba, Lamas, Huallaga, Mariscal Cáceres, Rioja, and Tarapoto)) Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba (erected)
30 June 1966Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Chachapoyas (from Trujillo)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Chachapoyas
19507,322,0007,500,00097.6%19221348,666918021ap1951
195994,00095,00098.9%23234,0861121ap1960
1970110,000120,00091.7%191205,5002721ap1971
1976162,000180,00090.0%1331610,12533113ap1977
1980175,000194,00090.2%127199,21083519ap1981
1990228,000254,00089.8%218297,86297521ap1991
1999260,000280,00092.9%1962510,40066021ap2000
2000266,000280,00095.0%1642013,30046021ap2001
2001267,000281,00095.0%1752212,13656023ap2002
2002268,200282,50094.9%2052510,72856323ap2003
2003308,076338,91090.9%1952412,83655623ap2004
2004307,570349,51288.0%2142512,30255923ap2005
2006311,000343,00090.7%2532811,10735622ap2007
2013302,205355,14485.1%2322512,08836822ap2014
2016317,040362,93787.4%2823010,56837222ap2017
2019363,800407,25089.3%2933211,36836722ap2020
2021290,654341,80485.0%2522710,76427022ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Maynas
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 142
  • Diocese of Chachapoyas
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 35, Page 273, to Page 275
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 1,127, and Page 1,128

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