Diocese of Cajamarca, Peru

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Cajamarca / Caiamarcen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Trujillo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 27

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1908.04.05: Established as Diocese of Cajamarca / Caiamarcen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Chachapoyas and Diocese of Trujillo and became suffragan of Lima)
1912: Exchanged territory with Diocese of Trujillo
1943.05.23: Became suffragan of Trujillo
1946.01.11: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Prefecture of San Francisco Javier
1953: Lost territory to Apostolic Prefecture of San Francisco Javier
1956.12.17: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Chiclayo

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.10.23 – ...):

Bishop Isaac Circuncisión Martínez Chuquizana, M.S.A. (71)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Cajamarca (Roman Rite)

Bishop Isaac Circuncisión Martínez Chuquizana, M.S.A. (71)
(2021.10.23 – ...)

Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru)

Born:	1954.01.01 (Huarochirí, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1979.05.01
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.12.07

Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru) (2021.10.23 – ...)

Bishop Fortunato Pablo Urcey, O.A.R. (77)
(Apostolic Administrator sede plena 2019.06 – 2021.10.23)

Bishop José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R. (70)
(2004.10.12 – 2021.10.23)

Bishop emeritus of Cajamarca (Peru)

Via veritas et vita

Born:	1954.08.21 (Luezas, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1980.07.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.05.05

Bishop-Prelate of Chota (Peru) (2002.03.27 – 2004.10.12)

Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru) (2004.10.12 – 2021.10.23)

Bishop Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno (79)
(1995.03.18 – 2004.02.04)

Bishop emeritus of Chimbote (Peru)

Born:	1945.12.03 (Corbellino di Sayago, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1973.04.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1991.07.05

Priest of Jaén en Perú (Peru) (1973.04.22 – 1991.05.18)

Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru) (1991.05.18 – 1995.03.18)

Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru) (1995.03.18 – 2004.02.04)

Bishop of Chimbote (Peru) (2004.02.04 – 2022.05.18)

Bishop José Antonio Dammert Bellido
(1962.03.19 – 1992.12.01)

Born:	1917.08.20 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1946.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.05.15
Died:	2008.09.10 († 91)

Titular Bishop of Amathus in Palæstina (1958.04.14 – 1962.03.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) (1958.04.14 – 1962.03.19)

Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru) (1962.03.19 – 1992.12.01)

President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (1991 – 1992)

Bishop Nemesio Rivera Meza
(1960.01.28 – 1961.07.08)

Born:	1918.08.11 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1946.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.07.20
Died:	2007.01.09 († 88)

Bishop of Huacho (Peru) (1958.05.15 – 1960.01.28)

Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru) (1960.01.28 – 1961.07.08)

Titular Bishop of Diospolis superior (1961.07.08 – 2007.01.09)

Bishop Pablo Ramírez Taboado, SS.CC.
(1947.09.05 – 1960.01.28)

Born:	1909.10.05 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1941.10.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.11.09
Died:	1966.12.19 († 57)

Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru) (1947.09.05 – 1960.01.28)

Bishop of Huacho (Peru) (1960.01.28 – 1966.12.19)

Bishop Teodosio Moreno Quintana
(1940.12.15 – 1947.06.27)

Born:	1898.05.28 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1923.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.03.02
Died:	1981.11.04 († 83)

Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru) (1940.12.15 – 1947.06.27)

Bishop of Huánuco (Peru) (1947.06.27 – 1956.12.17)

Bishop of Huaraz (Peru) (1956.12.17 – 1971.09.21)

Bishop Giovanni Giuseppe Guillén y Salazar, C.M.
(1933.12.21 – 1937.09.16)

Born:	1867.12.03 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1894.12.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1934.05.20
Died:	1937.09.16 († 69)

Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru) (1933.12.21 – 1937.09.16)

Bishop Antonio Rafael Villanueva, O.F.M.
(1928.11.05 – 1933.08.02)

Born:	1871.06.13 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1907
Consecrated Bishop:	1928.11.05
Died:	1933.08.02 († 62)

Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru) (1928.11.05 – 1933.08.02)

Bishop Francesco di Paolo Grozo
(1910.03.21 – 1928.03.13)

Born:	1852.03.08 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1875.09.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.07.10
Died:	1928.03.13 († 76)

Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru) (1910.03.21 – 1928.03.13)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santa Catalina, Cajamarca, Cajamarca
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Trujillo (↙), Chiclayo (↖), Chota (↑), Chachapoyas (↗), Huamachuco (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 15,333 km²

Population: 1,602,000 Catholics (89.7% of 1,786,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 42 parishes

Personnel: 66 priests (55 diocesan, 11 religious), 163 religious (12 brothers, 151 sisters), 10 seminarians