Suffragan territorial prelature Chuquibamba, Peru
Territorial Prelature of Chuquibamba
Chuquibamben(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite territorial prelature in the Arequipa region of southern Peru, erected 5 June 1962. A suffragan of the Archdiocese of Arequipa, its prelatic see is the Cathedral of San Miguel Arcangel in Camana. Bishop Juan Carlos Asqui Pilco was appointed prelate on 9 February 2024.
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- Established
- 1962
- Catholics
- 135,647
- Priests
- 27
- Territory
- 22,151 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Bishop
- Juan Carlos Asqui Pilco
- Born
- 7 December 1972
- Birthplace
- Tacna
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The cathedral
Cathedral of San Miguel Arcangel, Camana stands in Chuquibamba, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
The city of Chuquibamba, in Peru's ecclesiastical province of Arequipa, is the seat of this Roman Catholic territorial prelature (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Chuquibambensis).