Suffragan territorial prelature Juli, Peru
Territorial Prelature of Juli
Iulien(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite territorial prelature on the shore of Lake Titicaca in Peru's Puno region, erected 3 August 1957 from the Diocese of Puno. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Arequipa, seated at the Cathedral of St. Peter (San Pedro) in Juli; in 2019 it ceded territory for the new Prelature of Santiago Apostol de Huancane. The see has been vacant since 24 September 2025, when Prelate Ciro Quispe Lopez left office.
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- Established
- 1957
- Catholics
- 161,311
- Priests
- 21
- Territory
- 9,920 km²
Parishes and churches
1 listed church in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
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The bishop
- Apostolic Administrator of Juli
- Giovanni Cefai
- Born
- 5 August 1967
- Birthplace
- Zebbug
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ MISSIONARIA DI SAN PAOLO
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Peter (Catedral San Pedro), Juli stands in Juli, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
In the city of Juli in Peru, within the ecclesiastical province of Arequipa, the Catholic Church maintains the Territorial Prelature of Juli, known in Latin as the Praelatura Territorialis Iuliensis.