Diocese of Cajamarca
Caiamarcen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cajamarca, Peru
Latin rite diocese in Peru's northern Andes, erected 5 April 1908 from the Dioceses of Chachapoyas and Trujillo. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Trujillo, seated at the Cathedral of St. Catherine (Santa Catalina) in Cajamarca.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 April 1908
- Latin
- Caiamarcen(sis)
- Patron
- Santa Catarina de Alexandria
- Annuario code
- 001001011
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 804,000
- Population
- 844,000
- Catholic share
- 95.3%
- Priests
- 66
- Catholics per priest
- 12,182
- Extent
- 15,333 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 52
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
- Bishop
- Isaac Martinez Chuquizana, M.S.A.
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 of St. Catherine stands in Cajamarca, 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 Trujillo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Trujillo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TrujilloTrujillo
- Diocese of ChimboteChimbote
- Diocese of HuarazHuaraz
- Diocese of HuaríHuarí
- Diocese of MoyobambaMoyobamba
- Territorial Prelature of HuamachucoHuamachuco
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Cajamarca, Peru, the Diocese of Cajamarca (Latin: Caiamarcen(sis)) is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church, suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo.
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 chancery's address, telephone and email, 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
The see's own website · Wikipedia
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].