Diocese of Carabayllo
Carabaillen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Carabayllo, Peru
Latin rite diocese covering the densely populated northern districts of metropolitan Lima, erected 14 December 1996 from the Archdiocese of Lima. It is a suffragan of Lima and serves roughly two million Catholics in one of Peru's most urbanized territories.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 December 1996
- Latin
- Carabaillen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001053
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 2,000,000
- Population
- 2,300,000
- Catholic share
- 87.0%
- Priests
- 130
- Catholics per priest
- 15,385
- Extent
- 1,200 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,667
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
- Neri Menor Vargas, O.F.M.
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
del Buen Pastor stands in Carabayllo, 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 Lima
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lima.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CallaoCallao
- Diocese of ChosicaChosica
- Diocese of HuachoHuacho
- Diocese of HuánucoHuánuco
- Diocese of IcaIca
- Archdiocese of LimaLima
- Diocese of LurínLurín
- Territorial Prelature of YauyosYauyos
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Lima, the city of Carabayllo in Peru hosts this Latin diocese of the Catholic Church (Latin: Carabaillen(sis)).
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].