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Diocese of Huaraz
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The Diocese of Huaraz in the Ancash region of Peru was erected in 1899. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Trujillo and has been led by Bishop José Antonio Alarcón Gómez, a Capuchin Franciscan, since 2024.
- Bishop
- José Antonio Alarcón Gómez
- Latin name
- Huarazen(sis)
- Erected
- 15 May 1899
- Cathedral
- Catedral de San Sebastián y la Inmaculada Concepción
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Trujillo (Archdiocese of Trujillo)
- Catholics
- 365,000
- Chancery
- Obispado, Psje. Antonio Alba 378, Parque Santa Rosa de Lima, Huaraz, Ancash, Perú
- Telephone
- Tel. 988.644.615
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Huarí 44 km
- Diocese of Chimbote 127 km
- Huacho 176 km
- Diocese of Huánuco 188 km
- Huamachuco 197 km
- Trujillo 228 km
Parishes near the see
- Espíritu Santo · Huaraz <1 km
- Nuestra Señora de Belén · Huaraz <1 km
- Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe · Huaraz <1 km
- Nuestra Señora del Sagrado Corazón · Huaraz <1 km
- San Francisco de Sales · Huaraz <1 km
- San Martín de Porres · Huaraz <1 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001001621 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08