Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ayacucho, Peru 🇵🇪

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2011.08.06 – ...):

Archbishop Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón (77)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Ayacucho (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón (77)
(2011.08.06 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ayacucho (Peru)

Born:	1949.01.27 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1973.05.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.09.02

Priest of Lima (Peru) (1973.05.06 – 2001.07.21)

Military Ordinary of Peru (Peru) (2001.07.21 – 2012.10.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lurín (Peru) (2003.07.08 – 2006.07.17)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2009 – 2012)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (2011.08.06 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2012.01 – 2018.03.08)

Archbishop Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre, S.M.
(2001.06.13 – 2011.08.06)

Sub Mariæ nomine

Born:	1935.02.22 (El Callao, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1962.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.01.03
Died:	2020.08.10 (Lima, Peru † 85)

Bishop of Tarma (Peru) (1992.11.21 – 2001.06.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (2001.06.13 – 2011.08.06)

Archbishop Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Opus Dei (82) (later Cardinal)
(1995.05.13 – 1999.01.09)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Camillo de Lellis
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lima (Peru)

Consummati in unum

Born:	1943.12.28 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1977.08.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.07.03
Created Cardinal:	2001.02.21

Priest of Lima (Peru) (1977.08.21 – 1988.05.23)

Titular Bishop of Turuzi (1988.05.23 – 1995.05.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (1988.05.23 – 1995.05.13)

Apostolic Administrator of Ayacucho (Peru) (1991.05.23 – 1995.05.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (1995.05.13 – 1999.01.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1999.01.09 – 2019.01.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Camillo de Lellis (2001.02.21 [2001.02.24] – ...)

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

Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See (2007.02.03 – 2014.02.24)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2009 – 2012.01)

Member of Council for the Economy (2014.03.08 – 2019.03.08)

Bishop Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Opus Dei (82) (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1991.05.23 – 1995.05.13)

Archbishop Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M.
(1979.11.20 – 1991.05.23)

Born:	1922.02.14 (Huanta, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1946.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.05.17
Died:	2011.08.08 (Lima, Peru † 89)

Titular Bishop of Thucca in Numidia (1973.04.12 – 1975.09.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Piura (Peru) (1973.04.12 – 1975.09.20)

Titular Archbishop of Thucca in Numidia (1975.09.20 – 1979.11.20)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (1975.09.20 – 1979.11.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (1979.11.20 – 1991.05.23)

Archbishop Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B.
(1966.06.30 – 1979.11.20)

Born:	1914.07.03 (Ayabaca, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1939.11.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1953.04.26
Died:	1997.06.20 (Lima, Peru † 82)

Titular Bishop of Forma (1953.02.17 – 1958.08.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru) (1953.02.17 – 1958.08.28)

Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (1958.08.28 – 1966.06.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (1966.06.30 – 1979.11.20)

Bishops of Ayacucho (Roman Rite)

Bishop Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B. (later Archbishop)
(1958.08.28 – 1966.06.30)

(see above)

Bishop Vittorio Alvarez, S.D.B.
(1940.12.15 – 1958.03.02)

Born:	1887.09.22 (Callao, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1914.01.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.03.02
Died:	1958.03.02 († 70)

Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (1940.12.15 – 1958.03.02)

Bishop Francesco Solano Muente y Campos, O.F.M.
(1936.05.30 – 1939.07.21)

Born:	1898.09.16 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1925.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.08.16
Died:	1951.08.07 († 52)

Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (1936.05.30 – 1939.07.21)

Titular Bishop of Rhasus (1939.07.21 – 1951.08.07)

Bishop Fidel Olivas Escudero
(1900.04.19 – 1935.04.12)

Born:	1849.01.03 (Pomabamba, Peru)
Consecrated Bishop:	1900.08.15
Died:	1935.04.12 († 86)

Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (1900.04.19 – 1935.04.12)

Bishop Julian Cáceres Negrón
(1893.01.19 – 1900.02.21?)

Born:	1826.01.28 (Arequipa, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1850.03.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1893.06.29
Died:	1904.03.26 († 78)

Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (1893.01.19 – 1900.02.21?)

Titular Bishop of Tremithus (1901.04.15 – 1904.03.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) (1901.04.15 – 1904.03.26)

Bishop Juan José de Polo Valenzuela
(1875.09.17 – 1882.11.02)

Born:	1817.07.04 (Ica, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1845.05.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1876.01.18
Died:	1882.11.02 († 65)

Priest of Lima (Peru) (1845.05.17 – 1875.09.17)

Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (1875.09.17 – 1882.11.02)

Bishop José Francisco Ezequiel Moreyra
(1865.03.27 – 1874.03.23)

Born:	1826.04.09 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1849.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1865.08.06
Died:	1874.03.23 († 47)

Priest of Lima (Peru) (1849.12.22 – 1865.03.27)

Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (1865.03.27 – 1874.03.23)

Bishop Santiago José O’Phelan
(1841.07.12 – 1857.09.22)

Born:	1774.08.17? (Arequipa, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1800.02.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1842.03.13
Died:	1857.09.22 († 83)

Priest of Arequipa (Peru) (1800.02.21 – 1841.07.12)

Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (1841.07.12 – 1857.09.22)

Bishop Pedro Gutiérrez de Cox
(1818.03.16 – 1826.03.13)

Born:	1750.10.24 (Piura, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1784
Consecrated Bishop:	1819.02.02
Died:	1833.04.09 († 82)

Priest of Lima (Peru) (1784 – 1818.03.16)

Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (1818.03.16 – 1826.03.13)

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1826.03.13 – 1833.04.09)

Bishops of Huamanga (Roman Rite)

Fr. José Vicente Silva y Olave
(1815.03.15 – 1816.10.26 not possessed)

Died:

1816.10.26

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1815.03.15 – 1816.10.26 not possessed)

Bishop José Antonio Martínez de Atduente
(1804.03.26 – 1810)

Born:	1731.12.21 (Santiago, Chile)
Consecrated Bishop:	1804.10.21
Died:	1811.04.08 (Santiago, Chile † 79)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1804.03.26 – 1810)

Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (1810 – 1811.04.08)

Bishop Francisco Matienzo Bravo de Rivero
(1796.06.27 – 1802?)

Born:	1727.10.04 (La Plata, Argentina)
Consecrated Bishop:	1797.03.19
Died:	1802? († 75)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1796.06.27 – 1802?)

Bishop Bartolomé Fabro de Palacios
(1791.04.11 – 1795.07.10)

Born:	1735.08.23 (Logroño, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1791
Died:	1795.07.10 († 59)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1791.04.11 – 1795.07.10)

Bishop Francisco López Sánchez
(1781.12.10 – 1790.03.02)

Born:	1729.07.24 (Benamocarra, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1754?
Consecrated Bishop:	1782.10.21
Died:	1790.03.02 († 60)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1781.12.10 – 1790.03.02)

Bishop Miguel Moreno y Ollo
(1770.03.12 – 1780.09.11)

Born:	1714? (Panamá, Panama)
Consecrated Bishop:	1766.01
Died:	1780.09.11 (Huamanga, Peru † 65)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1763.12.19 – 1770.03.12)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1770.03.12 – 1780.09.11)

Bishop José Luis de Lila y Moreno
(1766.08.29 – 1768.12.25)

Born:	1720.11.12 (Lima, Peru)
Consecrated Bishop:	1766.04.20
Died:	1768.12.25 († 48)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1766.08.29 – 1768.12.25)

Bishop Felipe Manriquez de Lara
(1750.02.23 – 1763.01.31)

Born:	1683.11.15 (Lima, Peru)
Consecrated Bishop:	1750.10
Died:	1763.01.31 († 79)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1749.07.21 – 1750.02.23)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1750.02.23 – 1763.01.31)

Bishop Francisco Gutiérrez Galeano, O. de M.
(1745.01.25 – 1748.10.12)

Born:	1671.10.04 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1694?
Consecrated Bishop:	1739.12.20
Died:	1748.10.12 († 77)

Titular Bishop of Rosalia (1738.04.21 – 1745.01.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) (1738.04.21 – 1745.01.25)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1745.01.25 – 1748.10.12)

Bishop Bernardo de la Fuete y Rojas
(1741.08.07 – 1742?)

Born:	1682.01.10? (Lima, Peru)
Died:	1742? († 60)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1728.04.24 – 1741.08.07)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1741.08.07 – 1742?)

Bishop Alfonso López Roldan
(1723.08.30 – 1741.02.22)

Born:	(Villarobledo, Peru)
Died:	1741.02.22

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1723.08.30 – 1741.02.22)

Bishop Francisco de Deza y Ulloa
(1706.02.17 – 1722.04.22)

Born:	1660? (Huejotzingo, Peru)
Consecrated Bishop:	1718.07.03
Died:	1722.04.22 († 61)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1706.02.17 – 1722.04.22)

Fr. Francisco de la Puebla de González
(1703 – 1703)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1703 – 1703)

Bishop Diego Ladrón de Guevara
(1699.04.11 – 1704.09.15)

Born:	1640 (Sigüenza, Spain)
Died:	1718 († 78)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1689 – 1699.04.11)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1699.04.11 – 1704.09.15)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1704.09.15 – 1718)

Bishop Mateo Delgado
(1689.12.12 – 1695.07)

Born:	1641 (Toledo, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1690
Died:	1695.07 († 53)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1689.12.12 – 1695.07)

Fr. Francisco Luis de Bruna Rico
(1688.12.06 – 1689 not possessed)

Born:	1628 (Lucena, Spain)
Died:	1689 († 61)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1688.12.06 – 1689 not possessed)

Bishop Sancho Pardo de Andrade de Figueroa y Cárdenas
(1679.06.12 – 1688.11.15)

Born:	1632? (Santiago de Compostela, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1661
Consecrated Bishop:	1680.04.14
Died:	1702 († 70)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1679.06.12 – 1688.11.15)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1688.11.15 – 1702)

Bishop Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora (later Archbishop)
(1678.06.11 – 1678.11.08)

Born:	1618 (Lucena, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1669.09.29
Died:	1683.12.07 († 64)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1678.06.11 – 1678.11.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1679.08.30 – 1683.12.07)

Bishop Vasco Jacinto de Contreras y Valverde
(1666.07.07 – 1667.03.02 not possessed)

Born:	1605 (Quito, Ecuador)
Consecrated Bishop:	1658.12.08
Died:	1667.03.02 († 61)

Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1658 – 1666.07.07)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1666.07.07 – 1667.03.02 not possessed)

Bishop Cipriano de Medina
(1660.02.16 – 1664)

Born:	(Lima, Peru)
Consecrated Bishop:	1661.05.11
Died:	1664

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1660.02.16 – 1664)

Bishop Francisco Godoy y Campos
(1650.05.02 – 1659.09.01)

Born:	(Valdivia, Peru)
Consecrated Bishop:	1652.01.21
Died:	1659

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1650.05.02 – 1659.09.01)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1659.09.01 – 1659 not possessed)

Bishop Andrés García de Zurita
(1649 – 1650.01.04)

Born:	1587 (Sevilla, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1649.07.11
Died:	1652.08.02 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Beirut (1648.02.10 – 1649)

Coadjutor Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1648.02.10 – 1649)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1649 – 1650.01.04)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1650.01.04 – 1652.08.02)

Bishop Antonio Corderina Vega, O.E.S.A.
(1642.05.26 – 1649)

Born:	1570 (León, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1631
Died:	1649 († 79)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1630.12.16 – 1642.05.26)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1642.05.26 – 1649)

Bishop Gabriel de Zarate, O.P.
(1637.09.01 – 1638)

Born:	(Lima, Peru)
Died:	1638

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1637.09.01 – 1638)

Bishop Francisco Verdugo Cabrera
(1622.03.14 – 1636.07.20)

Born:	1561.07.25 (Carmona, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1622.12.27
Died:	1636.07.20 († 74)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1622.03.14 – 1636.07.20)

Bishop Agustín de Carvajal, O.E.S.A.
(1612.05.07 – 1618.08.19)

Born:	1558.08.28 (Guadalajara, Mexico)
Died:	1618.08.19 († 59)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1605.07.18 – 1612.05.07)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1612.05.07 – 1618.08.19)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. (1975.09.20 – 1979.11.20)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop-elect Andrés García de Zurita (1648.02.10 – 1649)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Gabino Miranda Melgarejo (later Mr.) (2004.07.03 – 2013.05.24)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Opus Dei (82) (later Cardinal) (1988.05.23 – 1995.05.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Elías Prado Tello (1972 – 1985.11.22)