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Diocese of Chimbote
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The Diocese of Chimbote is a Latin Church diocese in the Ancash region of Peru, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Trujillo. It is led by Bishop Angel Ernesto Zapata Bances, O.C.D., appointed in May 2022.
- Bishop
- Ángel Ernesto Zapata Bances
- Latin name
- Cimbotien(sis)
- Erected
- 26 November 1962 (origins 1983)
- Cathedral
- Cathedral of Our Lady of Carmen and Saint Peter
- Patron
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Trujillo (Archdiocese of Trujillo)
- Chancery
- Avenida Enrique Meigss 1910, Mz. a Lote 1 Pueblo Joven Florida Baja, Chimbote, Perú
- Telephone
- Tel. [43]32.49.90; 32.23.96
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Trujillo 117 km
- Diocese of Huaraz 127 km
- Diocese of Huarí 159 km
- Huamachuco 161 km
- Chuquibamba 251 km
- Huacho 251 km
Parishes near the see
- Cristo Rey · Chimbote <1 km
- María Auxiliadora · Chimbote <1 km
- María Estrella del Mar · Chimbote <1 km
- Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo Socorro · Chimbote <1 km
- Sagrado Corazón de Jesús · Chimbote <1 km
- San Carlos Borromeo · Chimbote <1 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001001135 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08