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Suffragan territorial prelature Ayaviri, Peru

Diocese of Ayaviri

Ayavirien(sis)

Latin Church

Ayaviri is a Latin Church territorial prelature in the Puno region of Peru, erected on 30 July 1958 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Arequipa. Its bishop-prelate is Benigno Condori Chuchi, O.F.M., appointed in October 2024.

On the map

Esri
Ayaviri, Peru, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1958
Catholics
152,656
Priests
23
Territory
20,713 km²

Parishes and churches

21 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Benigno Condori Chuchi
Born
22 March 1971
Birthplace
Cucero
Institute
ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI

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The cathedral

San Francisco de Asís stands in Ayaviri, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

In the Peruvian city of Ayaviri, within the ecclesiastical province of Arequipa, the Catholic Church maintains the Territorial Prelature of Ayaviri (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Ayaviriensis).