Archdiocese of Huancayo
Huancayen(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Huancayo, Peru
Latin rite metropolitan archdiocese in Peru's Junin region, erected as a diocese on 18 December 1944 and elevated to metropolitan rank on 30 June 1966. Its seat is the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity in Huancayo, and its suffragans are the Dioceses of Huanuco and Tarma. Archbishop Luis Alberto Huaman Camayo was appointed in 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 December 1944
- Latin
- Huancayen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001619
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 728,867
- Population
- 792,505
- Catholic share
- 92.0%
- Extent
- 15,145 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 48
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
- Luis Alberto Huaman Camayo
- Born
- 5 February 1970
- Birthplace
- Tarma
- Institute
- MISSIONARI OBLATI DI MARIA IMMACOLATA
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
Metropolitan Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity stands in Huancayo, 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 Huancayo
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of TarmaTarma
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Peru's western Amazonian Junín Region is served by the Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo (Latin: Huancayen(sis)), a Latin Metropolitan see. Its cathedral, the Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, stands in the city of Huancayo.
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].