Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua

Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua
Dioecesis Tacnensis et Moqueguensis
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
Location
Country Peru
Ecclesiastical province Arequipa
Statistics
Area 30,539 km2 (11,791 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2010)
625,000
556,000 (89%)
Parishes 38
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established 18 December 1944 (73 years ago)
Cathedral Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Co-cathedral Co-Catedral Santa Catalina
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Marco Antonio Cortez Lara
Emeritus Bishops José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins
Co-Cathedral of St. Catherine

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua (Latin: Dioecesis Tacnensis et Moqueguensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa in southern Peru, comprising the lay administrative regions Tacna Region and Moquegua region.

History

On 18 December 1944 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Tacna from the territory of the Archdiocese of Arequipa. Saint John Paul II renamed it the Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua on 11 July 1992.[1][2]

Ordinaries

  • Carlos Alberto Arce Masías † (6 Jul 1945 – 17 Dec 1956) Appointed, Bishop of Huánuco
  • Alfonso Zaplana Bellizza † (17 Dec 1957 – 28 Apr 1973)
  • Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor † (5 Oct 1973 – 9 Sep 1981) Appointed, Archbishop of Piura
  • Oscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, S. M. † (16 Dec 1982 – 13 Feb 1991)
  • José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins (6 Jun 1991 – 1 Sep 2006)
  • Marco Antonio Cortez Lara (1 Sep 2006 – present)

References

  1. ↑ "Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
  2. ↑ "Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua". Giga Catholic. Retrieved 2013-04-18.

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