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Territorial Prelature of Chota

Praelatura Territorialis Chotensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Territorial Prelature
  • Erected: 7 April 1963
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Piura
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Peru
  • Square Kilometers: 6,823 (2,635 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Apartado 22, Pasaje Juan XXIII 287, Chota [Cajamarca], Peru
  • Telephone: (76)35.14.75
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
7 April 1963ErectedDiocese of Chiclayo (Chota and Cutervo) Territorial Prelature of Chota (erected)
30 June 1966Metropolitan ChangedTerritorial Prelature of Chota (from Trujillo)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1966224,000225,00099.6%3161911,7892116ap1967
1970230,000232,00099.1%2212310,000212112ap1971
1976250,000260,00096.2%1171813,888171613ap1977
1980290,000310,00093.5%1161717,058161212ap1981
1990378,000405,00093.3%6111722,235111112ap1991
1999294,000330,00089.1%228309,80081613ap2000
2000310,000320,00096.9%2283010,33381413ap2001
2001310,000320,00096.9%248329,68792114ap2002
2002311,000322,00096.6%2283010,36682114ap2003
2003315,000337,00093.5%2283010,50082315ap2004
2004316,000338,00093.5%2473110,19372615ap2005
2013353,000379,00093.1%355408,82553415ap2014
2016290,000320,00090.6%385436,74463617ap2017
2019288,000318,32590.5%494535,43363917ap2020
2021283,360308,83091.8%504545,24762716ap2022

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 56, Page 321, to Page 323
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 1,127, and Page 1,128

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