Archdiocese of Piura
Piuren(sis)
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Piura, Peru
The Archdiocese of Piura is a metropolitan see in northern Peru, erected as a diocese in 1940 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1966. It is led by Archbishop Luciano Maza Huamán, appointed in December 2025, and its suffragans include Chachapoyas, Chiclayo, Chulucanas, and the Prelature of Chota. Note: this see is an archdiocese, not a diocese.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 February 1940
- Latin
- Piuren(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002612
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,250,000
- Population
- 1,302,551
- Catholic share
- 96.0%
- Extent
- 33,510 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 37
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
- Luciano Maza Huamán
- Born
- 4 June 1957
- Birthplace
- Castilla
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
Catedral de San Miguel Arcángel stands in Piura, 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 Piura
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of ChachapoyasChachapoyas
- Diocese of ChiclayoChiclayo
- Diocese of ChulucanasChulucanas
- Territorial Prelature of ChotaChota
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the city of Piura in Peru, the Catholic Church maintains the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Piura, rendered in Latin as Archidioecesis Piurensis and in Spanish as Arquidiócesis de Piura.
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].