Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Ayacucho

Peru Peru

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Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Ayacucho (español) / Ayacuquen(Sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Huancavélica, Caravelí

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 19

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History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2011.08.06 – ...):Archbishop Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón (75)Archbishop Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón (75)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Ayacucho (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón (75)Archbishop Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón (75)
(2011.08.06 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ayacucho (Peru)

El Señor es mi fortaleza

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)

Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Opus Dei (80)Archbishop Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Opus Dei (80) (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)

Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Opus Dei (80)Bishop Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Opus Dei (80) (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 († 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 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:1939.11.26
Consecrated Bishop:1953.04.26
Died:1997.06.20 († 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 (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 (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 (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
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)

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 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:1849.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:1865.08.06
Died:1874.03.23 († 47)

Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (1865.03.27 – 1874.03.23)

Bishop Santiago José O’Phelan
(1841.07.12 – 1857.09.22)

Ordained Priest:1800.02.21
Consecrated Bishop:1842.03.13
Died:1857.09.22

Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (1841.07.12 – 1857.09.22)

Bishop Pedro Gutiérrez de Cox
(1818 – 1826.03.13)

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

Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (1818 – 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 (Chile)
Consecrated Bishop:1804.10.21
Died:1811.04.08 († 79)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1804.03.26 – 1810)

Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (1810 – 1811.04.08)

Bishop-elect Francisco Matienzo Bravo de Rivero
(1796.06.27 – ?)

Born:1727.10.04
Consecrated Bishop:1797.03.19

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1796.06.27 – ?)

Bishop Bartolomé Fabro de Palacios
(1791.04.11 – 1795.07.10)

Born:1735.08.23 (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 (Spain)
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)

Consecrated Bishop:1766.01
Died:1780.09.11

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
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
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 (Peru)
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?)

Died:1742?

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)

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)

Consecrated Bishop:1718.07.03
Died:1722.04.22

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
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
Consecrated Bishop:1690
Died:1695.07 († 53)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1689.12.12 – 1695.07)

Fr. Luís Bruno Río
(1687 – 1687)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1687 – 1687)

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

Born:1618
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-elect Sancho Pardo de Andrade de Figueroa y Cárdenas
(1671.06.12 – 1678)

Ordained Priest:1661
Consecrated Bishop:1680.04.14
Died:1702

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1667.09.07 – 1671.06.12)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1671.06.12 – 1678)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1678 – 1702)

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

Born:1605
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)

Died:1664

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1660.02.16 – 1664)

Bishop Francisco Godoy y Campos
(1650.05.02 – 1659.09.01)

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
Consecrated Bishop:1649.07.11
Died:1652.08.02 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Beirut (Lebanon) (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 (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)

Died:1638

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1637.09.01 – 1638)

Bishop Francisco Verdugo Cabrera
(1622.03.14 – 1636.07.20)

Born:1561.07.25 (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)

Died:1618

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1605.07.18 – 1612.05.07)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1612.05.07 – 1618)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Huancavélica (←), San Ramón (↑), Cusco (→), Abancay (↘), Caravelí (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 21,749 km²

Population: 607,000 Catholics (85.0% of 714,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 50 parishes, 8 missions

Personnel: 54 priests (41 diocesan, 13 religious), 140 religious (15 brothers, 125 sisters), 13 seminarians

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