Diocese of Puno
Punien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Puno, Peru
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.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 7 October 1861
- Latin
- Punien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001002683
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 515,182
- Population
- 606,096
- Catholic share
- 85.0%
- Priests
- 53
- Catholics per priest
- 9,720
- Extent
- 19,475 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 26
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
- Bishop
- Jorge Pedro Carrion Pavlich
- Born
- 25 May 1950
- Birthplace
- Junín
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
Cathedral Basilica of St. Charles Borromeo stands in Puno, 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 Arequipa
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Arequipa.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ArequipaArequipa
- Diocese of AyaviriAyaviri
- Diocese of Tacna y MoqueguaTacna y Moquegua
- Territorial Prelature of ChuquibambaChuquibamba
- Territorial Prelature of JuliJuli
- Territorial Prelature of Santiago Apóstol de HuancanéSantiago Apóstol de Huancané
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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.
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].