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Archdiocese of Trujillo

Archidioecesis Truxillensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
  • Elevated: 23 May 1943
  • Metropolitan See
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Peru
  • Square Kilometers: 16,474 (6,363 Square Miles)
  • Official Web Site: http://www.arzobispadodetrujillo.org/
  • Mailing Address: Arzobispado, Jr. Mariscal de Orbegoso 451, Trujillo 3102, Peru
  • Telephone: (44)256.812; 201.961
  • Fax: 231.473

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Diocese of Trujillo
15 April 1577ErectedArchdiocese of Lima Diocese of Arequipa (erected)
Diocese of Trujillo (erected)
28 May 1803Territory LostDiocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga)
Diocese of Cuenca
Archdiocese of Lima
Diocese of Popayán
Diocese of Quito
Diocese of Trujillo
Diocese of Maynas (erected)
5 April 1908Territory LostDiocese of Chachapoyas
Diocese of Trujillo
Diocese of Cajamarca (erected)
29 February 1940Territory LostDiocese of Trujillo (Piura and Tumbes) Diocese of Piura (erected)
Archdiocese of Trujillo
23 May 1943ElevatedDiocese of Trujillo Archdiocese of Trujillo
17 December 1956Territory LostDiocese of Cajamarca (Part of Caiamarca (Cutervo, Chota, and Santa Cruz))
Archdiocese of Trujillo (Lambayeque (Chiclayo, Lambayeque, and Ferreñafe))
Diocese of Chiclayo (erected)
4 December 1961Territory LostArchdiocese of Trujillo Territorial Prelature of Huamachuco (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Archdiocese of Trujillo
1950792,000800,00099.0%4341849,428399553ap1951
1966420,000480,00087.5%62481103,8185817535ap1967
1968640,000650,00098.5%64581225,2457120436ap1971
1976710,000750,00094.7%3250828,6586025046ap1977
1980796,000857,00092.9%35397410,75614716047ap1981
1990960,0001,100,00087.3%54328611,16216520347ap1991
19991,273,3001,391,12091.5%584210012,73311222050ap2000
2000956,4151,141,15083.8%65441098,77411517452ap2001
2001933,8331,081,72186.3%64531177,98111216257ap2002
2002933,8331,229,04576.0%64531177,98112116258ap2003
2003946,1671,244,04976.1%66491158,22711216561ap2004
20041,078,5481,315,30282.0%65461119,71612917161ap2005
20101,149,0001,374,00083.6%64621269,11911918969ap2011
20141,229,8551,535,85680.1%73601339,247112918874ap2015
20171,289,7801,624,35079.4%84551399,27811719175ap2018
20201,185,4061,778,08066.7%77461239,63711721079ap2021

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Diocese of Trujillo
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 4, Page 347
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 5, Page 392
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 6, Page 419
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 7, Page 379
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 569
    • Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 378
    • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 165, to Page 166
  • Archdiocese of Trujillo
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 35, Page 273, to Page 275

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