Suffragan diocese Ica, Peru
Diocese of Ica
Icen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese on Peru's southern coast, erected 10 August 1946 from the Archdiocese of Lima. It is a suffragan of Lima, seated at St. Jerome Cathedral (Catedral San Jeronimo) in Ica.
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- Established
- 1946
- Catholics
- 735,000
- Priests
- 49
- Territory
- 21,305 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Hector Eduardo Vera Colona
- Born
- 29 January 1939
- Birthplace
- Puebla de Alfindén
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The cathedral
St. Jerome Cathedral stands in Ica, 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 Peruvian city of Ica, in the ecclesiastical province of Lima, is the seat of this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Icen(sis)).