Suffragan diocese Chimbote, Peru
Diocese of Chimbote
Cimbotien(sis)
Latin Church
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
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- 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.
- Nuestra Señora del Carmen y San PedroChimbote · CathedralView parish
- Cristo ReyChimboteView parish
- Cristo SalvadorCoishcoView parish
- Inmaculada ConcepciónSantaView parish
- María AuxiliadoraChimboteView parish
- María Estrella del MarChimboteView parish
- Nuestra Señora de GuadalupeMoroView parish
- Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo SocorroChimboteView parish
- Nuestra Señora del RosarioQuilloView parish
- Sagrada FamíliaSolidaridadView parish
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsChimboteView parish
- San Carlos BorromeoChimboteView parish
- San Francisco de AsísChimboteView parish
- San JacintoSan JacintoView parish
- San José ObreroChimboteView parish
- San Luis GonzagaSolidaridadView parish
- San Martín de PorresChimboteView parish
- San PabloChimboteView parish
- San PedroChimboteView parish
- San PedroSamancoView parish
- Santa CruzChimboteView parish
- Santa María MagdalenaCasmaView parish
- Santa María ReinaChimboteView parish
- Santa RosaHuarmeyView parish
- Santa Rosa de LimaChimboteView parish
- Santa Teresa de ÁvilaChimboteView parish
- Santiago ApóstolPamparomásView parish
- Santo Toribio de MogrovejoChimboteView parish
- Santo Toribio de MogrovejoMacateView parish
- Santos MártiresChimboteView parish
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
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
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)).