Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua
Tacnen(sis) et Moqueguen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tacna y Moquegua, Peru
Latin rite diocese covering the Tacna and Moquegua regions of far southern Peru, erected 18 December 1944 from the Archdiocese of Arequipa as the Diocese of Tacna and renamed Tacna y Moquegua on 11 July 1992. A suffragan of Arequipa, its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary in Tacna with the Co-Cathedral of St. Catherine in Moquegua.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 December 1944
- Latin
- Tacnen(sis) et Moqueguen(sis)
- Patron
- N-D du Rosaire
- Annuario code
- 001003147
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 556,000
- Population
- 625,000
- Catholic share
- 89.0%
- Priests
- 53
- Catholics per priest
- 10,491
- Extent
- 30,539 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 18
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
- Marco Antonio Cortez Lara
- Born
- 10 December 1957
- Birthplace
- Chiclayo
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 of Our Lady of the Rosary (Catedral Nuestra Senora del Rosario), Tacna stands in Tacna y Moquegua, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Co-Cathedral of St. Catherine (Co-Catedral Santa Catalina), Moquegua.
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 PunoPuno
- 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
Covering the lay administrative regions of Tacna Region and Moquegua region in southern Peru, the Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua (Latin: Dioecesis Tacnensis et Moqueguensis) serves as a suffragan of the Metropolitan Archdiocese 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].