Archdiocese of Cusco
Cuschen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Cusco, Peru
The Archdiocese of Cusco is a metropolitan see in southern Peru, erected as a diocese in 1536 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1943. It is led by Archbishop Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia and its suffragans include Abancay, Sicuani, and the Prelature of Chuquibambilla. Note: this see is an archdiocese, not a diocese.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 September 1536
- Latin
- Cuschen(sis)
- Patron
- Rosa da Lima
- Annuario code
- 001001255
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,538,000
- Population
- 1,594,000
- Catholic share
- 96.5%
- Priests
- 139
- Catholics per priest
- 11,065
- Extent
- 23,807 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 65
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
- Archbishop
- Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia
- Born
- 10 April 1952
- Birthplace
- Lima
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
Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin stands in Cusco, 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 Cusco
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AbancayAbancay
- Diocese of SicuaniSicuani
- Territorial Prelature of ChuquibambillaChuquibambilla
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The old Inca imperial capital of Cusco, Peru, is the seat of this Latin Metropolitan archdiocese (Latin: Cuschen(sis)). Its archiepiscopal cathedral is the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin, and the archdiocese also counts a Marian Minor basilica, the Basílica Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes.
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 · GCatholic
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].