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Diocese of Huancavélica

Dioecesis Huancavelicensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 18 December 1944
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Peru
  • Square Kilometers: 22,131 (8,548 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Jr. Manuel Calle Ascensio Segura s/n, 242 Cercado, Huancavelica, Peru
  • Telephone: (067)48.14.11

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
18 December 1944ErectedDiocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga) (Huancavelica) Diocese of Huancavélica (erected)
30 June 1966Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Huancavélica (from Lima)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1949295,000295,000100.0%252511,800164ap1951
1966295,100295,100100.0%242412,2951226ap1967
1970302,817.0%262601226ap1971
1976320,000350,00091.4%2422612,30731026ap1977
1980320,000350,00091.4%2312413,33312426ap1981
1990455,000466,00097.6%252518,2004027ap1991
1999350,000393,76988.9%303011,6663927ap2000
2000335,209427,00978.5%242413,9674317ap2001
2001381,209428,12589.0%3023211,91224517ap2002
2002402,680482,46583.5%3737745,441374517ap2003
2003350,850427,68482.0%3837754,678392825ap2004
2004406,709444,82991.4%404010,1673225ap2005
2006408,690452,65490.3%47478,6953225ap2007
2011450,000496,00090.7%434310,4658227ap2014
2016435,600487,50089.4%49498,8897225ap2017
2019437,180491,93088.9%49498,9226628ap2020
2021450,115506,50088.9%49499,1866628ap2022

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 37, Page 139, to Page 141
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 1,128, and Page 1,129

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