Diocese of

Chimbote

Peru

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Chimbote / Cimbotien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Trujillo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: San Pedro (June 29), Santísima Virgen del Carmen (July 16)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1962.11.26: Established as Territorial Prelature of Chimbote / Cimbotien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Huaraz and became suffragan of Trujillo)
1983.04.06: Promoted as Diocese of Chimbote / Cimbotien(sis) (Latin) (gained territory from Diocese of Huaraz)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.05.18 – ...):

Bishop Ángel Ernesto Zapata Bances, O.C.D. (65)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Chimbote (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ángel Ernesto Zapata Bances, O.C.D. (65)
(2022.05.18 – ...)

Bishop of Chimbote (Peru)

Born:	1959.08.03 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1987.03.22
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.07.16

Bishop of Chimbote (Peru) (2022.05.18 – ...)

Bishop Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno (78)
(2004.02.04 – 2022.05.18)

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 Luis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, S.J.
(1983.04.06 – 2004.02.04)

Born:	1928.01.14 (Yungay, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1958.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.01.07
Died:	2021.03.19 (Lima, Peru † 93)

Titular Bishop of Sertei (1967.12.01 – 1978.06.02)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) (1967.12.01 – 1978.06.02)

Bishop-Prelate of Chimbote (Peru) (1978.06.02 – 1983.04.06)

Bishop of Chimbote (Peru) (1983.04.06 – 2004.02.04)

President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (1999 – 2003)

Prelates of Chimbote (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, S.J.
(1978.06.02 – 1983.04.06)

(see above)

Bishop James Edward Charles Burke, O.P.
(1965.03.08 – 1978.06.02)

Born:	1926.11.30 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1956.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.05.25
Died:	1994.05.28 († 67)

Bishop-Prelate of Chimbote (Peru) (1965.03.08 – 1978.06.02)

Titular Bishop of Lamiggiga (1967.04.08 – 1994.05.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen y San Pedro, Chimbote, Ancash

Churches by City (43)

Trujillo (↑), Huaraz (→), Huacho (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 23,500 km²

Population: 649,000 Catholics (87.8% of 739,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 52 parishes, 520 missions

Personnel: 67 priests (56 diocesan, 11 religious), 1 deacon, 92 religious (13 brothers, 79 sisters), 9 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.11.26

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