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Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua

Dioecesis Tacnensis et Moqueguensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 11 July 1992
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Arequipa
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Peru
  • Square Kilometers: 32,810 (12,672 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Apartado 421, Blondell 107, Tacna, Peru
  • Telephone: (52)424.661
  • Fax: (same)

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Tacna
18 December 1944ErectedArchdiocese of Arequipa (Tacna and Moquegua) Diocese of Tacna (erected)
Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua
11 July 1992Name ChangedDiocese of Tacna Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua
15 March 1999Territory LostDiocese of Tacna y Moquegua (San Ignacio de Loyola de Ichuna (in Departamento de Moquegua)) Diocese of Puno

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Diocese of Tacna
1949120,000125,00096.0%171186,66623016ap1951
1966150,000152,00098.7%2714413,658146221ap1967
1970140,000152,00092.1%3047771,818618132ap1971
1976190,225190,45599.9%2113345,594253232ap1977
1980205,500207,60099.0%2015355,871263632ap1981
1990320,000353,20090.6%16153110,3221234028ap1991
Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua
1999362,000391,40092.5%17163310,9694217035ap2000
2000543,000647,49083.9%24143814,2894176948ap2001
2001650,000780,00083.3%27144115,8534177634ap2002
2002750,000913,30082.1%2463025,000497837ap2003
2003804,584914,30088.0%48206811,8324319037ap2004
2004823,206925,23089.0%44196313,0663259337ap2005
2010556,000625,00089.0%38165410,29632211038ap2011
2014580,000653,00088.8%4912619,50831311141ap2015
2017598,340674,14088.8%41125311,28921510241ap2018
2020484,900546,09488.8%3811499,8952148942ap2021
2022497,590560,38488.8%36124810,3662128342ap2023

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Tacna
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 37, Page 142, to Page 144
  • Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 84, Page 1,014, and Page 1,015

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