Diocese of Sicuani
Sicuanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sicuani, Peru
The Diocese of Sicuani in southern Peru was established as a territorial prelature in 1959 and elevated to a diocese in 2020. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cusco and has been led by Bishop César Augusto Huerta Ramírez since 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1959
- Latin
- Sicuanen(sis)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora del Carmen
- Annuario code
- 001000287
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 234,000
- Population
- 274,000
- Catholic share
- 85.4%
- Priests
- 26
- Catholics per priest
- 9,000
- Extent
- 15,440 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 15
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
- César Augusto Huerta Ramírez
- Born
- 14 November 1975
- Birthplace
- Huaraz-Ancash
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 Nuestra Señora del Monte Carmelo stands in Sicuani, 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 Cusco
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cusco.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of AbancayAbancay
- Archdiocese of CuscoCusco
- Territorial Prelature of ChuquibambillaChuquibambilla
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Cusco in Peru, the city of Sicuani serves as the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sicuani, known in Latin as Dioecesis Sicuanensis.
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].