Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo, Peru

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Huancayo / Huancayen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Huánuco, Tarma

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 7

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History

1944.12.18: Established as Diocese of Huancayo / Huancayen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Huánuco and became suffragan of Lima)
1958.05.15: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Tarma
1966.06.30: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo / Huancayen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Huánuco and Tarma)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2024.02.12 – ...):

Archbishop Luis Alberto Huamán Camayo, O.M.I. (54)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Huancayo (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Luis Alberto Huamán Camayo, O.M.I. (54)
(2024.02.12 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Huancayo (Peru)

Born:	1970.02.05 (Tarma, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	2001.10.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.07.16

Titular Bishop of Tepelta (2021.05.21 – 2024.02.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Huancayo (Peru) (2021.05.21 – 2024.02.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Huancayo (Peru) (2024.02.12 – ...)

Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J. (80)
(2004.07.17 – 2024.02.12)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense
President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA)
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Huancayo (Peru)

En todo amar y servir

Born:	1944.02.12 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1971.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.01.01
Created Cardinal:	2018.06.28

Titular Bishop of Acufida (2001.11.21 – 2004.07.17)

Vicar Apostolic of Jaén en Perú (Peru) (2001.11.21 – 2004.07.17)

Apostolic Administrator of Jaén en Perú (Peru) (2004.07.17 – 2005.11.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Huancayo (Peru) (2004.07.17 – 2024.02.12)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2012.01 – 2024.08.24)

Cardinal-Priest of Ss. Pietro e Paolo a Via Ostiense (2018.06.28 [2019.03.10] – ...)

President of Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA) (2022.03.27 – ...)

Archbishop José Paulino Ríos Reynoso (80)
(1995.12.02 – 2003.11.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Arequipa (Peru)

Born:	1944.10.04 (Imperial, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1971.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.01.06

Metropolitan Archbishop of Huancayo (Peru) (1995.12.02 – 2003.11.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Arequipa (Peru) (2003.11.29 – 2006.10.20)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2006 – 2009)

Archbishop Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B.
(1985.08.30 – 1991.11.28)

Born:	1930.01.27 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1956.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.11.30
Died:	1991.11.28 († 61)

Titular Bishop of Numana (1975.10.21 – 1978.01.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Piura (Peru) (1975.10.21 – 1978.01.18)

Bishop of Huaraz (Peru) (1978.01.18 – 1985.08.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Huancayo (Peru) (1985.08.30 – 1991.11.28)

Archbishop Eduardo Picher Peña
(1971.05.31 – 1984.06.14)

Born:	1920.08.12 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1944.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.09.08
Died:	2002.11.30 († 82)

Bishop of Callao (Peru) (1967.08.03 – 1971.05.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Huancayo (Peru) (1971.05.31 – 1984.06.14)

Military Vicar of Peru (Peru) (1984.06.14 – 1986.07.21)

Titular Archbishop of Abitinæ (1984.06.14 – 2002.11.30)

Military Ordinary of Peru (Peru) (1986.07.21 – 1996.02.06)

Archbishop Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz
(1966.06.30 – 1971.02.10)

Born:	1895.09.11 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1929.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.03.02
Died:	1982.06.30 († 86)

Bishop of Huaraz (Peru) (1940.12.15 – 1956.12.17)

Bishop of Huancayo (Peru) (1956.12.17 – 1966.06.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Huancayo (Peru) (1966.06.30 – 1971.02.10)

Bishops of Huancayo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz (later Archbishop)
(1956.12.17 – 1966.06.30)

(see above)

Bishop Daniel Figueroa Villón
(1946.09.22 – 1956.12.17)

Born:	1902.08.16
Ordained Priest:	1926.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.05.20
Died:	1967.01.30 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Parnassus (1945.04.12 – 1946.09.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1945.04.12 – 1946.09.22)

Bishop of Huancayo (Peru) (1946.09.22 – 1956.12.17)

Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru) (1956.12.17 – 1967.01.30)

Bishop Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. (later Archbishop)
(1945.07.06 – 1946.06.13)

Born:	1909.03.10 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1935.04.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1944.02.06
Died:	1992.10.05 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Isinda (1943.12.30 – 1945.07.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) (1943.12.30 – 1945.07.06)

Bishop of Huancayo (Peru) (1945.07.06 – 1946.06.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1946.06.13 – 1980.07.07)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Luis Alberto Huamán Camayo, O.M.I. (54) (later Archbishop) (2021.05.21 – 2024.02.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I. (63) (2016.01.30 – 2021.05.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad, Huancayo, Junín

Yauyos (↙), Huacho (←), Tarma (↖), San Ramón (↗), Huancavélica (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 15,145 km²

Population: 552,050 Catholics (64.9% of 850,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 50 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 64 priests (52 diocesan, 12 religious), 1 deacon, 113 religious (17 brothers, 96 sisters), 31 seminarians