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Suffragan territorial prelature Yauyos, Peru

Territorial Prelature of Yauyos

Yauyosen(sis)

Latin rite territorial prelature in the Lima region of Peru, erected 12 April 1957 from the Archdiocese of Lima and entrusted from its beginning to priests of Opus Dei. It is a suffragan of Lima, seated at the Cathedral of St. Vincent Martyr (San Vicente Martir) in San Vicente de Canete.

On the map

Esri
Yauyos, Peru, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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Established
1957
Catholics
208,088
Priests
57
Territory
15,516 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
Ricardo Garcia Garcia
Born
13 March 1955
Birthplace
Lima

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Vincent Martyr (Catedral San Vicente Martir), San Vicente de Canete stands in Yauyos, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

The city of Yauyos, within the ecclesiastical province of Lima in Peru, is home to the Territorial Prelature of Yauyos, a Roman Catholic territorial prelature bearing the Latin name Praelatura Territorialis Yauyosensis.

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