Metropolitan see Cusco, Peru
Archdiocese of Cusco
Cuschen(sis)
Latin Church
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.
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- Established
- 1536
- Catholics
- 1,538,000
- Priests
- 139
- Territory
- 23,807 km²
Parishes and churches
87 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santa ClaraCuscoView parish
- Santa María de los AndesWanchaqView parish
- Santa María MagdalenaTarayView parish
- Santa Rita de CasiaSan JerónimoView parish
- Santa RosaSan SebastianView parish
- Santiago ApóstolCcorcaView parish
- Santiago ApóstolCaicayView parish
- Santiago ApóstolLamayView parish
- Santiago ApóstolOllantaytamboView parish
- Santiago ApóstolSantiagoView parish
- Santiago ApóstolUrcosView parish
- Santiago ApóstolYucayView parish
- Santo Tomás de AquinoRondocanView parish
- Santos Cosme y DamiánLaresView parish
- Santísima TrinidadCuscoView parish
- Santísima TrinidadIndependenciaView parish
- Santísimo SalvadorOropesaView parish
- Santísimo Salvador del MundoSan SalvadorView parish
- Señor de los Milagros de TtioWanchaqView parish
- Señor Manuel de la Exaltación de la Santa CruzMollepataView parish
- Todos los SantosHuanoquiteView parish
- Virgen AsuntaCuscoView parish
- Virgen de la AsunciónColquepataView parish
- Virgen de las NievesAncahuasiView parish
- Virgen del RosarioHuancaraniView parish
- Virgen PurificadaSayllaView parish
- Virgen Santa CatalinaMarcacongaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Archbishop
- Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia
- Born
- 10 April 1952
- Birthplace
- Lima
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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.
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.