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Diocese of Ica

Dioecesis Icensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 10 August 1946
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Lima
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Peru
  • Square Kilometers: 21,251 (8,208 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Cajamarca 246, Apartado 95, Ica, Peru
  • Telephone: (56)23.15.11
  • Fax: 23.26.42

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
10 August 1946ErectedDiocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga) (Chavin (in Ica))
Archdiocese of Lima (Ica (Ingenio, Lurén, Nazca, Palpa, Pueblo Nuevo, San Jerónimo de Ica, San Juan, Carmen, Chincha Alta, Chincha Baja, Sunampe, Humay, and Pisco))
Diocese of Ica (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1950143,102144,54799.0%145197,5319917ap1951
1966300,000302,50099.2%2730575,263479ap1967*
1970320,000324,73498.5%3016466,956197126ap1971
1976372,020380,00097.9%2235576,526407029ap1977
1980412,000432,00095.4%2231537,773367030ap1981
1990594,000620,00095.8%24275111,647409133ap1991
1999722,000753,00095.9%21284914,734349635ap2000
2000735,000766,00096.0%19274615,978339835ap2001
2001686,000715,00095.9%18284614,913348735ap2002
2002715,000725,00098.6%16304615,543379235ap2003
2003715,000725,00098.6%17335014,300409335ap2004
2004720,000730,00098.6%17345114,117479335ap2005
2006735,000745,00098.7%16334915,000508235ap2007
2013802,000813,00098.6%22305215,4233611535ap2014
2016828,995840,11598.7%21274817,2703410035ap2017
2019855,780868,00098.6%18597711,114649937ap2020
2021854,800867,82598.5%21284917,444327738ap2022

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 39, Page 167, to Page 169

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