Skip to the diocese
Catholic Intelligence
J.M.J.Search

Suffragan diocese Cajamarca, Peru

Diocese of Cajamarca

Caiamarcen(sis)

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of St. Catherine, in Cajamarca, Peru.

Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.

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.

Explore the ministry of 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.

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.