Diocese of Abancay, Peru

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Abancay / Abancaien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cusco

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1958.04.28: Established as Diocese of Abancay / Abancaien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cusco and Diocese of Ayacucho and became suffragan of Cusco)
1968.04.26: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla

Present Prelates

Bishop (2009.06.20 – ...):

Bishop Gilberto Gómez González (73)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Abancay (Roman Rite)

Bishop Gilberto Gómez González (73)
(2009.06.20 – ...)

Bishop of Abancay (Peru)

Adeamus cum fiducia

Born:	1952.02.12 (Albeos, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1975.09.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.03.16

Priest of Abancay (Peru) (1975.09.14 – 2001.12.22)

Titular Bishop of Mozotcori (2001.12.22 – 2009.06.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Abancay (Peru) (2001.12.22 – 2009.06.20)

Bishop of Abancay (Peru) (2009.06.20 – ...)

Bishop Isidro Sala Ribera
(1992.12.01 – 2009.06.20)

Born:	1933.03.03 (Bergús, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1958.07.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.12.14
Died:	2019.03.26 (Abancay, Peru † 86)

Titular Bishop of Civitanova (1986.10.18 – 1990.04.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Abancay (Peru) (1986.10.18 – 1990.04.07)

Coadjutor Bishop of Abancay (Peru) (1990.04.07 – 1992.12.01)

Bishop of Abancay (Peru) (1992.12.01 – 2009.06.20)

Bishop Enrique Pélach y Feliú
(1968.06.20 – 1992.12.01)

Born:	1917.10.03 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1944.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.07.14
Died:	2007.07.19 († 89)

Bishop of Abancay (Peru) (1968.06.20 – 1992.12.01)

Bishop Alcides Mendoza Castro (later Archbishop)
(1962.12.05 – 1967.08.12)

Con María la madre de Jesús

Born:	1928.03.14 (Mariscal Cáceres, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1951.09.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.07.06
Died:	2012.06.20 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Metræ (1958.04.28 – 1962.12.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Abancay (Peru) (1958.04.28 – 1962.12.05)

Bishop of Abancay (Peru) (1962.12.05 – 1967.08.12)

Titular Archbishop of Pederodiana (1967.08.12 – 1983.10.05)

Archbishop Military Vicar of Peru (Peru) (1967.08.12 – 1983.10.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru) (1983.10.05 – 2003.11.29)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Isidro Sala Ribera (1990.04.07 – 1992.12.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gilberto Gómez González (73) (2001.12.22 – 2009.06.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Isidro Sala Ribera (1986.10.18 – 1990.04.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez, Opus Dei (86) (later Archbishop) (1983.08.18 – 1986.10.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alcides Mendoza Castro (later Archbishop) (1958.04.28 – 1962.12.05)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de la Virgen del Rosario, Abancay, Apurímac

Churches by City (24)

Ayacucho (↖), Cusco (→), Chuquibambilla (↘), Caravelí (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 12,950 km²

Population: 367,600 Catholics (93.9% of 391,455 total)

Pastoral Centres: 23 parishes, 4 missions

Personnel: 43 priests (diocesan), 117 religious (2 brothers, 115 sisters), 5 seminarians