Metropolitan see Arequipa, Peru
Archdiocese of Arequipa
Arequipen(sis)
Latin Church
The Archdiocese of Arequipa is a Latin Church metropolitan archdiocese in southern Peru, erected in 1577 and elevated to an archdiocese on 23 May 1943. It serves as the metropolitan see for suffragan dioceses including Puno, Tacna y Moquegua, and the prelatures of Ayaviri, Chuquibamba, Juli, and Huancane, led by Archbishop Javier Augusto del Rio Alba.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1577
- Catholics
- 1,203,688
- Priests
- 190
- Territory
- 27,588 km²
Parishes and churches
77 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santa MaríaArequipa · CathedralView parish
- Beata Sor Ana de los ÁngelesCerro ColoradoView parish
- Cristo ObreroArequipaView parish
- Cristo SalvadorPaucarpataView parish
- El Buen PastorSelva AlegreView parish
- Espíritu SantoArequipaView parish
- Espíritu SantoChiguataView parish
- Inmaculada ConcepciónMollendoView parish
- Inmaculado Corazón de MaríaArequipaView parish
- La EncarnaciónTiabayaView parish
- Madre de MisericordiaArequipaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de ChapiMirafloresView parish
- Nuestra Señora de Chapi, Estrella de la EvangelizaciónEl PedregalView parish
- Nuestra Señora de FátimaVallecitoView parish
- Nuestra Señora de GuadalupeArequipaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la AssuntaCerro ColoradoView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la AsunciónChivayView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la AsunciónCocachacraView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la MercedArequipaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la ProvidenciaArequipaView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los DoloresCerro ColoradoView parish
- Nuestra Señora de MonserratArequipaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenHunterView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo SocorroMariano MelgarView parish
- Nuestra Señora del PilarArequipaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del RosarioSabandiaView parish
- Nuestra Señora del RosarioYuraView parish
- Nuestro Señor de los DesamparadosPolobayaView parish
- Sagrados CorazonesCerro ColoradoView parish
- San AgustínArequipaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Javier Del Río Alba
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The cathedral
Catedral Basilica de Santa Maria stands in Arequipa, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
History
At the request of King Philip II of Spain, Pope Gregory XIII erected the see of Arequipa on 15 April 1577. Today the Archdiocese of Arequipa (Latin: Arequipensis) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church seated in the Peruvian city of Arequipa. Javier Augusto Del Río Alba has been its archbishop since 21 October 2006.