Apostolic vicariate Jaén en Perú o San Francisco Javier, Peru
Apostolic Vicariate of Jaén en Perú o San Francisco Javier
Giennen(sis) in Peruvia seu Sancti Francisci Xaverii
Latin Church
Latin rite apostolic vicariate in northern Peru, established 11 January 1946 as the Apostolic Prefecture of San Francisco Javier from territory of Cajamarca, Chachapoyas and the Vicariate of San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Maranon, promoted to apostolic vicariate on 24 April 1971 and renamed Jaen en Peru o San Francisco Javier in 1980. Immediately subject to the Holy See and traditionally led by Jesuits, the see became vacant in February 2025 when Vicar Apostolic Gilberto Vizcarra Mori was named Archbishop of Trujillo; he remains its apostolic administrator.
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- Established
- 1946
- Catholics
- 488,640
- Priests
- 37
- Territory
- 32,572 km²
Parishes and churches
4 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Catedral del Señor de HuamantangaJaén · CathedralView parish
- Iglesia San Ignacio de LoyolaSan IgnacioView parish
- Iglesia Señor de la HumildadSalliqueView parish
- Iglesia Virgen de la AsunciónLa CoipaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Apostolic Administrator of Jaén en Perú
- Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori
- Born
- 11 February 1960
- Birthplace
- Lima
- Institute
- COMPAGNIA DI GESÙ (GESUITI)
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The cathedral
Catedral de Nuestro Señor de Huamantanga stands in Jaén en Perú o San Francisco Javier, 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
Known in Latin as the Vicariatus Apostolicus Giennensis in Peruvia, the Apostolic Vicariate of Jaén en Peru, also called the Vicariate Apostolic of San Francisco Javier, is a Latin Church jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Peru. Rather than belonging to an ecclesiastical province, it remains immediately exempt, subject directly to the Holy See. Its cathedral stands in the episcopal see of Jaén, in the Cajamarca province of Peru.