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Diocese of Moyobamba
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Moyobamba is a territorial prelature in the San Martín region of the Peruvian Amazon, established in 1948 and entrusted by the Holy See to the Archdiocese of Toledo, Spain. Its ordinary is Bishop Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea. Note: this jurisdiction is a territorial prelature, not a diocese.
- Bishop
- Rafael Escudero López-Brea
- Latin name
- Moyobamben(sis)
- Erected
- 7 March 1948
- Cathedral
- Catedral Santiago Apóstol
- Patron
- Saint James the Apostle (Santiago Apóstol)
- Rank
- Prelatura Territoriale Suffraganea
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Trujillo (Archdiocese of Trujillo)
- Chancery
- Casa Prelaticia, Jr. Callao 650, Moyobamba, Dpto. San Martín, Perú
- Telephone
- Tel. [42]56.23.53
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Chachapoyas 101 km
- Yurimaguas 103 km
- Chuquibamba 152 km
- Chota 187 km
- Cajamarca 203 km
- Huamachuco 235 km
Parishes near the see
- Sagrado Corazón de Jesús · Lluyllucucha 18 km
- Sagrado Corazón de Jesús · Calzada 19 km
- Santo Toribio de Mogrovejo · Rioja 26 km
- San Roque y Santa Teresa · Jepelacio 30 km
- San Pedro Apóstol · Nueva Cajamarca 31 km
- San Felipe Apóstol · Soritor 31 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001000284 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08