Archdiocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga
Ayacuquen(sis) seu Huamangen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Ayacucho o Huamanga, Peru
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Peru's south-central Andes, erected 20 July 1609 as the Diocese of Huamanga from the Diocese of Cusco, renamed Ayacucho in 1838 and elevated to metropolitan rank on 30 June 1966. Its seat is the Cathedral Basilica of St. Mary in Ayacucho, and its province includes the Diocese of Huancavelica and the Prelature of Caraveli.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 20 July 1609
- Latin
- Ayacuquen(sis) seu Huamangen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000769
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 297,000
- Population
- 511,000
- Catholic share
- 58.1%
- Extent
- 26,777 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 11
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Salvador Pineiro Garcia-Calderon
- Born
- 27 January 1949
- Birthplace
- Lima
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of St. Mary stands in Ayacucho o Huamanga, 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.
The province of Ayacucho
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CaravelíCaravelí
- Diocese of HuancavelicaHuancavelica
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Erected in the early 17th century and raised to metropolitan rank in 1966, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Latin: Ayacuquensis o Huamangensis) covers the city of Ayacucho in the south-central Andes of Peru. Archbishop Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón, at its head since 2011, also serves as ecclesiastical provincial for the Diocese of Huancavelica and the Territorial Prelature of Caravelí.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Arzobispado, Apartado 30, Jr. 28 de Julio 148, Huamanga, Ayacucho, Perú
- Telephone
- e fax [66]31.23.67
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it, are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].