Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Chiclayo / Chiclayen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Piura

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 7

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1956.12.17: Established as Diocese of Chiclayo / Chiclayen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo and Diocese of Cajamarca and became suffragan of Trujillo)
1963.04.07: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Chota
1966.06.30: Became suffragan of Piura

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.02.14 – ...):

Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, O.S.A. (50)

Apostolic Administrator of Chuquibambilla (Peru)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Chiclayo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, O.S.A. (50)
(2024.02.14 – ...)

Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru)
Apostolic Administrator of Chuquibambilla (Peru)

Born:	1974.09.21 (Tambo Grande, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	2008.07.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.01.04

Apostolic Administrator of Chuquibambilla (Peru) (2018.04.24 – 2019.12.07)

Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibambilla (Peru) (2019.12.07 – 2024.02.14)

Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru) (2024.02.14 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Chuquibambilla (Peru) (2024.02.14 – ...)

Bishop Guillermo Antonio Cornejo Monzón (59)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.04.12 – 2024.02.14)

Bishop Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. (69) (later Cardinal)
(2015.09.26 – 2023.01.30)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Monica
Prefect of Dicastery for Bishops
President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America
Bishop emeritus of Chiclayo (Peru)

In illo uno unum

Born:	1955.09.14 (Chicago, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1982.06.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.12.12
Created Cardinal:	2023.09.30

Prior General of Order of Saint Augustine (Augustinians) (2001.09.14 – 2013.09.04)

Titular Bishop of Sufar (2014.11.03 – 2015.09.26)

Apostolic Administrator of Chiclayo (Peru) (2014.11.03 – 2015.09.26)

Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru) (2015.09.26 – 2023.01.30)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2018.03.08 – 2023.01.30)

Apostolic Administrator of Callao (Peru) (2020.04.15 – 2021.04.17)

Archbishop ad personam (2023.01.30 – 2023.09.30)

Prefect of Dicastery for Bishops (2023.01.30 [2023.04.12] – ...)

President of Pontifical Commission for Latin America (2023.01.30 [2023.04.12] – ...)

Cardinal-Deacon of S. Monica (2023.09.30 [2024.01.28] – ...)

Bishop Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A. (69) (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.11.03 – 2015.09.26)

Bishop Jesús Moliné Labarta (85)
(1998.05.04 – 2014.11.03)

Bishop emeritus of Chiclayo (Peru)

Born:	1939.01.29 (Puebla de Alfindén, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1965.03.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.03.19

Priest of Piura (Peru) (1965.03.28 – 1997.02.08)

Coadjutor Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru) (1997.02.08 – 1998.05.04)

Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru) (1998.05.04 – 2014.11.03)

Bishop Ignacio María de Orbegozo y Goicoechea
(1968.04.26 – 1998.05.04)

Born:	1922.03.25 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1951.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.01.25
Died:	1998.05.04 († 76)

Bishop-Prelate of Yauyos (Peru) (1957.04.12 – 1968.04.26)

Titular Bishop of Ariassus (1963.10.29 – 1968.04.26)

Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru) (1968.04.26 – 1998.05.04)

Bishop Daniel Figueroa Villón
(1956.12.17 – 1967.01.30)

Born:	1902.08.16
Ordained Priest:	1926.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.05.20
Died:	1967.01.30 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Parnassus (1945.04.12 – 1946.09.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1945.04.12 – 1946.09.22)

Bishop of Huancayo (Peru) (1946.09.22 – 1956.12.17)

Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru) (1956.12.17 – 1967.01.30)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Jesús Moliné Labarta (85) (1997.02.08 – 1998.05.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira (later Archbishop) (1961.04.30 – 1968.04.26)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santa María, Chiclayo, Lambayeque
Church: Basílica San Antonio de Padua, Chiclayo, Lambayeque

Churches by City (50)

Piura (↖), Chulucanas (↗), Chota (→), Cajamarca (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 15,649 km²

Population: 1,148,130 Catholics (83.1% of 1,381,099 total)

Pastoral Centres: 50 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 107 priests (90 diocesan, 17 religious), 167 religious (19 brothers, 148 sisters), 22 seminarians