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

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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. (57)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Callao (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, M.C.C.J. (57)
(2021.04.17 – ...)

Bishop of Callao (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 – ...)

Bishop Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. (68) (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 2020.04.15 – 2021.04.17)

Bishop José Luis Del Palacio y Pérez-Medel (74)
(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:	2012.01.30

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 (66) (later Archbishop) (2004.10.12 – 2006.07.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San José en Bellavista, Callao, El Callao
Minor Basilica: Basílica del Carmen de la Legua, Callao, El Callao
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

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