Suffragan diocese Lurín, Peru
Diocese of Lurín
Lurinen(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese covering the southern districts of metropolitan Lima, erected 14 December 1996 from the Archdiocese of Lima. It is a suffragan of Lima, seated at the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle (San Pedro Apostol), and serves over two million Catholics.
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- Established
- 1996
- Catholics
- 2,313,000
- Priests
- 103
- Territory
- 185 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
- Carlos Garcia Camader
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The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle stands in Lurín, 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
Within the ecclesiastical province of Lima in Peru, the Lurín District is home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lurín, known in Latin as Lurinen(sis).