Suffragan diocese Cajamarca, Peru
Diocese of Cajamarca
Caiamarcen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1908
- Catholics
- 804,000
- Priests
- 66
- Territory
- 15,333 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Isaac Martinez Chuquizana, M.S.A.
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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.
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.