Diocese of

Chulucanas

Peru

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Chulucanas / Chulucanen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Piura

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: La Sagrada Familia

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 4

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1964.03.04: Established as Territorial Prelature of Chulucanas / Chulucanen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Piura and became suffragan of Trujillo)
1966.06.30: Became suffragan of Piura
1988.12.12: Promoted as Diocese of Chulucanas / Chulucanen(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.04.02 – ...):

Bishop Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral (69)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Chulucanas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral (69)
(2020.04.02 – ...)

Bishop of Chulucanas (Peru)

La verdad de Cristo nos hará libres

Born:	1954.12.04 (Carhuaz, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1989.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2020.11.15

Priest of Lurín (Peru) (1989.12.18 – 2020.04.02)

Bishop of Chulucanas (Peru) (2020.04.02 – ...)

Bishop Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A. (81)
(2000.10.28 – 2020.04.02)

Bishop emeritus of Chulucanas (Peru)

El amor lo puede todo

Born:	1943.01.25 (Chicago, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1968.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1996.08.17

Coadjutor Bishop of Chulucanas (Peru) (1996.05.25 – 2000.10.28)

Bishop of Chulucanas (Peru) (2000.10.28 – 2020.04.02)

Bishop Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A.
(1988.12.12 – 2000.10.28)

Opus fidei caritas

Born:	1925.12.11 (Beloit, WI, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1952.05.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.06.17
Died:	2016.02.26 († 90)

Bishop-Prelate of Chulucanas (Peru) (1964.03.04 – 1988.12.12)

Titular Bishop of Saia maior (1967.04.08 – 1977.12.27)

Bishop of Chulucanas (Peru) (1988.12.12 – 2000.10.28)

Prelates of Chulucanas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A.
(1964.03.04 – 1988.12.12)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A. (81) (1996.05.25 – 2000.10.28)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Sagrada Familia, Chulucanas, Piura

Churches by City (19)

Piura (←), Loja (↑), Zamora (↗), Jaén en Perú (→), Chota (↘), Chiclayo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 13,306 km²

Population: 408,000 Catholics (85.2% of 479,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 24 parishes

Personnel: 48 priests (32 diocesan, 16 religious), 5 deacons, 61 religious (19 brothers, 42 sisters), 21 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.10.01

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