Diocese of Huancavelica
Huancavelicen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Huancavelica, Peru
Latin rite diocese in the high Andes of central Peru, erected 18 December 1944 by Pope Pius XII from the Diocese of Ayacucho. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ayacucho, seated at the Cathedral of St. Anthony (San Antonio) in Huancavelica.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 December 1944
- Latin
- Huancavelicen(sis)
- Patron
- Inmaculado Corazón de María
- Annuario code
- 001001618
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 406,709
- Population
- 444,829
- Catholic share
- 91.4%
- Priests
- 49
- Catholics per priest
- 8,300
- Extent
- 21,078 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 19
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
- Bishop
- Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I.
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 of St. Anthony stands in Huancavelica, 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 Ayacucho
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ayacucho.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Ayacucho o HuamangaAyacucho o Huamanga
- Diocese of CaravelíCaravelí
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Huancavélica, within Peru's ecclesiastical province of Ayacucho, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Huancavelica (Latin: Huancavelicensis).
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
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].