Suffragan diocese Puno, Peru
Diocese of Puno
Punien(sis)
Latin Church
Latin rite diocese on the Peruvian altiplano beside Lake Titicaca, erected 7 October 1861 from the Diocese of Cusco. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Arequipa, seated at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Charles Borromeo (San Carlos Borromeo) in Puno.
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- Established
- 1861
- Catholics
- 515,182
- Priests
- 53
- Territory
- 19,475 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
- Bishop
- Jorge Pedro Carrion Pavlich
- Born
- 25 May 1950
- Birthplace
- Junín
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The cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of St. Charles Borromeo stands in Puno, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
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History
The city of Puno in Peru is the seat of the Diocese of Puno (Latin: Puniensis), a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church within the ecclesiastical province of Arequipa.
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