Territorial Prelature of

Caravelí

Peru

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Territorial Prelature

Name: Caravelí / Caravelien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ayacucho

Neighbouring Dioceses: Ica (↖), Huancavélica (↖), Ayacucho (↑), Abancay (↑), Chuquibambilla (↗), Chuquibamba (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: San Pedro (June 29)

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1957.11.21: Established as Territorial Prelature of Caravelí / Caravelien(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa and Diocese of Ayacucho and became suffragan of Arequipa)
1962.06.05: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Chuquibamba
1966.06.30: Became suffragan of Ayacucho

Contact Info

Address: Prelatura, Jirón Ayacucho s/n, Caravelí, via Chala, Arequipa, Peru

Phone: (54)51.12.20

Present Prelates

Bishop-Prelate:

vacant

Apostolic Administrator (2024.07.01 – ...):

Bishop Ricardo Augusto Rodríguez Álvarez (63)

Titular Bishop of Æliæ

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru)

Ordinaries

Prelates of Caravelí (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ricardo Augusto Rodríguez Álvarez (63)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.07.01 – ...)

Bishop Reinhold Nann (65)
(2017.05.27 – 2024.07.01)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Caravelí (Peru)

Evangelio para los pobres

Born:	1960.08.25 (Breisach, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1987.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.08.15

Priest of Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) (1987.05.31 – 2017.05.27)

Bishop-Prelate of Caravelí (Peru) (2017.05.27 – 2024.07.01)

Civilly married while being bishop.

Bishop Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C. (64)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.07.16 – 2017.05.27)

Bishop Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C. (64)
(2005.06.18 – 2014.07.16)

Military Ordinary of Peru (Peru)

Mitis et humilis corde

Born:	1961.06.25 (Trujillo, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1988.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.08.28

Bishop-Prelate of Caravelí (Peru) (2005.06.18 – 2014.07.16)

Apostolic Administrator of Caravelí (Peru) (2014.07.16 – 2017.05.27)

Military Ordinary of Peru (Peru) (2014.07.16 – ...)

Bishop Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer, M.S.C. (98)
(1983.01.26 – 2005.06.18)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Caravelí (Peru)

Born:	1927.12.04 (Ludwigsdorf, Poland)
Ordained Priest:	1955.08.06
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.04.27

Bishop-Prelate of Caravelí (Peru) (1983.01.26 – 2005.06.18)

Bishop Federico Kaiser Depel, M.S.C.
(1957.11.21 – 1971.05.25)

Born:	1903.05.24 (Dülmen, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1932.08.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.12.07
Died:	1993.09.26 (Lima, Peru † 90)

Bishop-Prelate of Caravelí (Peru) (1957.11.21 – 1971.05.25)

Titular Bishop of Berrhœa (1963.10.29 – 1993.09.26)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Pedro, Caravelí, Arequipa
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (32)

Ica (↖), Huancavélica (↖), Ayacucho (↑), Abancay (↑), Chuquibambilla (↗), Chuquibamba (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 30,000 km²

Population: 108,297 Catholics (88.4% of 122,495 total)

Pastoral Centres: 28 parishes

Personnel: 23 priests (17 diocesan, 6 religious), 80 religious (7 brothers, 73 sisters), 3 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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