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Suffragan diocese Chimbote, Peru

Diocese of Chimbote

Cimbotien(sis)

The Diocese of Chimbote is a Latin Church diocese in the Ancash region of Peru, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Trujillo. It is led by Bishop Angel Ernesto Zapata Bances, O.C.D., appointed in May 2022.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Cathedral of Our Lady of Carmen and Saint Peter, in Chimbote, Peru.

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Established
1983
Catholics
570,000
Priests
66
Territory
23,500 km²

Parishes and churches

36 listed churches 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
Ángel Ernesto Zapata Bances
Born
3 August 1959
Birthplace
Lima
Institute
CARMELITANI SCALZI

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The cathedral

Cathedral of Our Lady of Carmen and Saint Peter stands in Chimbote, 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

Chimbote, a city in Peru's ecclesiastical province of Trujillo, is the seat of this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Cimbotien(sis)).