Suffragan territorial prelature Huamachuco, Peru
Territorial Prelature of Huamachuco
Huamaciucan(us)
Latin Church
Latin rite territorial prelature in the Andes of northern Peru, erected 4 December 1961 from the Archdiocese of Trujillo. It is a suffragan of Trujillo, seated in the city of Huamachuco.
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- Established
- 1961
- Catholics
- 149,500
- Priests
- 22
- Territory
- 7,918 km²
Parishes and churches
15 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Parroquia Catedral San Agustín y la Virgen de la Alta GraciaHuamachuco · CathedralView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de la NatividadHuancaspataView parish
- Parroquia Nuestro Señor de los DesamparadosParcoyView parish
- Parroquia San FelipeSartimbambaView parish
- Parroquia San FranciscoChugayView parish
- Parroquia San JoséMarcabalitoView parish
- Parroquia San JoséMarcabalView parish
- Parroquia San Juan BautistaChiliaView parish
- Parroquia San SalvadorBolívarView parish
- Parroquia Santiago ApóstolSanagoránView parish
- Parroquia Santo Toribio de MogrovejoTayabambaView parish
- Parroquia Santísima CruzCochorcoView parish
- Parroquia Señor de los MilagrosCurgosView parish
- Parroquia Virgen de la NatividadSarínView parish
- Parroquia Virgen de la PuertaEl Obelisco, HuamachucoView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Pascual Benjamin Rivera Montoya, T.O.R.
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The cathedral
Catedral de San Agustín y la Virgen de la Alta Gracia stands in Huamachuco, 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
Seated in the city of Huamachuco, this Roman Catholic territorial prelature (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Huamaciucanus) lies within Peru's ecclesiastical province of Trujillo.