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Suffragan diocese Chiclayo, Peru

Diocese of Chiclayo

Chiclayen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Chiclayo is a Latin Church diocese in Peru's Lambayeque region, erected on 17 December 1956 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Piura. It was administered from 2015 to 2023 by Robert Francis Prevost, later Pope Leo XIV, and is now led by Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfan Cordova.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral Santa Maria de Chiclayo, in Chiclayo, Peru.

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Established
1956
Catholics
1,115,000
Priests
27
Territory
18,226 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova
Born
21 September 1974
Birthplace
Tambo Grande
Institute
ORDINE DI S. AGOSTINO (AGOSTINIANI)

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The cathedral

Catedral Santa Maria de Chiclayo stands in Chiclayo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

In Peru's northwestern Lambayeque region, within the ecclesiastical province of Piura, sits the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiclayo (Latin: Dioecesis Chiclayensis; Spanish: Diócesis de Chiclayo), a Latin Church diocese whose episcopal see is Cathedral Santa María in the city of Chiclayo. The see holds the distinction of being the former diocese of Pope Leo XIV. Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova has been its bishop since 14 February 2024.

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