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Diocese of Puno

Dioecesis Puniensis



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 7 October 1861
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Arequipa
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Peru
  • Square Kilometers: 18,310 (7,072 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Apartado 93, Jr. Conde de Lemos 226, Puno, Peru
  • Telephone: (51)35.17.61

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
7 October 1861ErectedDiocese of Cuzco Diocese of Puno (erected)
23 May 1943Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Puno (from Lima to Arequipa)
3 August 1957Territory LostDiocese of Puno (Chucuito and Huancané along with Acora, Chucuito, and Pichacani in Puno) Territorial Prelature of Juli (erected)
30 July 1958Territory LostDiocese of Puno (Melgar, Carabaya, and Sandia) Territorial Prelature of Ayaviri (erected)
15 March 1999Territory AddedDiocese 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
1950799,000800,00099.9%30184816,645233472ap1951
1966297,000305,00097.4%2030505,940505113ap1967
1968310,000319,28097.1%1435496,3262494817ap1971
1976343,000458,00074.9%3618546,351233132ap1977
1980362,000473,00076.5%2432713,40787441ap1981
1987537,000631,00085.1%23153814,131195242ap1991
1999696,000801,00086.9%24133718,810153544ap2000
2000487,844560,74987.0%23143713,184173643ap2001
2001487,844560,74987.0%23123513,938185343ap2002
2002515,182606,09685.0%24113514,719173926ap2003
2003515,181606,09685.0%22113315,611174229ap2004
2004515,182606,09685.0%22103216,099144144ap2005
2013573,000676,00084.8%37155211,019193548ap2014
2016627,740713,34288.0%34165012,554193349ap2017
2019644,500732,00088.0%31164713,712182343ap2020
2021641,325736,80287.0%36175312,100193543ap2022

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 163
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 35, Page 273, to Page 275
  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 92, Page 212, and Page 213

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