Diocese of Callao, Peru 🇵🇪

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Callao / Callaën(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lima

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1967.04.29: Established as Diocese of Callao / Callaën(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima and became suffragan of Lima)
1970.03.10: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1985.02)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.04.17 – ...):	Bishop Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, M.C.C.J. (58) Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru
Auxiliary Bishop (2025.05.15 – ...):	Bishop-elect Miguel Ángel Contreras Llajaruna, S.M. (45) Titular Bishop of Babra

Ordinaries

Bishops of Callao (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, M.C.C.J. (58)
(2021.04.17 – ...)

Bishop of Callao (Peru)
Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru

Llamado por misericordia para servir y amar

Born:	1966.11.16 (Gorgor, Cajatambo, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1995.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.12.18

Bishop of Tarma (Peru) (2016.10.25 – 2021.04.17)

Apostolic Administrator of Tarma (Peru) (2021.04.17 – 2022.06.18)

Bishop of Callao (Peru) (2021.04.17 – ...)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2024.08.24 – ...)

Bishop Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. (69) (later Pope Leo XIV)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.04.15 – 2021.04.17)

Bishop José Luis Del Palacio y Pérez-Medel (75)
(2011.12.12 – 2020.04.15)

Bishop emeritus of Callao (Peru)

Ama y haz lo que quieras

Born:	1950.03.18 (Madrid, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1985.02.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2012.01.07

Priest of Madrid (Spain) (1985.02.03 – 2011.12.12)

Bishop of Callao (Peru) (2011.12.12 – 2020.04.15)

Bishop Miguel Irízar Campos, C.P.
(1995.08.17 – 2011.12.12)

Born:	1934.05.07 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1957.03.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1972.07.25
Died:	2018.08.19 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Helos (1972.03.25 – 1989.08.06)

Vicar Apostolic of Yurimaguas (Peru) (1972.03.25 – 1989.08.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Callao (Peru) (1989.08.06 – 1995.08.17)

Bishop of Callao (Peru) (1995.08.17 – 2011.12.12)

Archbishop Ricardo Durand Flórez, S.J.
(1975.01.14 – 1995.08.17)

Born:	1917.04.16 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1948.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.03.25
Died:	2004.03.19 († 86)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru) (1966.02.14 – 1975.01.14)

Archbishop-Bishop of Callao (Peru) (1975.01.14 – 1995.08.17)

President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (1988 – 1991)

Bishop Luis Vallejos Santoni (later Archbishop)
(1971.09.20 – 1975.01.14)

Born:	1917.01.31 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1957.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.11.21
Died:	1982.06.08 († 65)

Bishop of Callao (Peru) (1971.09.20 – 1975.01.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru) (1975.01.14 – 1982.06.08)

Bishop Eduardo Picher Peña (later Archbishop)
(1967.08.03 – 1971.05.31)

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)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Miguel Irízar Campos, C.P. (1989.08.06 – 1995.08.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Javier Augusto del Río Alba (67) (later Archbishop) (2004.10.12 – 2006.07.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San José en Bellavista, Callao, El Callao
Minor Basilica: Basílica Santuario Virgen del Carmen de la Legua, Callao, El Callao
Jubilee Churches in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy (2016)
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (59)

Carabayllo (↗), Lima (→), Lurín (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 165 km²

Population: 1,324,000 Catholics (82.4% of 1,606,460 total)

Pastoral Centres: 58 parishes, 35 missions

Personnel: 119 priests (101 diocesan, 18 religious), 6 deacons, 209 religious (27 brothers, 182 sisters), 48 seminarians