Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla, Peru 🇵🇪

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Territorial Prelature

Name: Chuquibambilla / Chuquibambillen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Cusco

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 20

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1968.04.26: Established as Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla / Chuquibambillen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Abancay and became suffragan of Cusco)

Contact Info

Address: Parroquia "Exaltación de la Santa Cruz", Tambobamba, Prov. Cotabambas, Chuquibambilla, Apurímac, via Cusco, Peru

Phone: (84)27.08.48

Present Prelates

Bishop-Prelate (2025.04.08 – ...):

Bishop Wilder Alberto Vásquez Saldaña, O.S.A. (50)

Ordinaries

Prelates of Chuquibambilla (Roman Rite)

Bishop Wilder Alberto Vásquez Saldaña, O.S.A. (50)
(2025.04.08 – ...)

Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibambilla (Peru)

Born:	1974.12.21 (La Encañada, Cajamarca, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	2006.04.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2025.05.17

Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibambilla (Peru) (2025.04.08 – ...)

Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, O.S.A. (50)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.02.14 – 2025.04.08)

Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, O.S.A. (50)
(2019.12.07 – 2024.02.14)

Bishop of Chiclayo (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)

Apostolic Administrator of Chuquibambilla (Peru) (2024.02.14 – 2025.04.08)

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

Fr. Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, O.S.A. (50) (later Bishop)
(Apostolic Administrator 2018.04.24 – 2019.12.07)

Bishop Domenico Berni Leonardi, O.S.A. (85)
(1989.03.29 – 2018.04.24)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Chuquibambilla (Peru)

Born:	1940.05.26 (Bedonia, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1966.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.09.10

Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibambilla (Peru) (1989.03.29 – 2018.04.24)

Bishop Lorenzo Miccheli Filippetti, O.S.A.
(1976.08.12 – 1986.07.16)

Born:	1929.07.23 (Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1955.06.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.09.19
Died:	1994.06.16 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Apisa maius (1976.08.12 – 1978.01.17)

Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibambilla (Peru) (1976.08.12 – 1986.07.16)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral del Señor de la Exaltación, Chuquibambilla, Apurímac
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Caravelí (↙), Abancay (↖), Cusco (↑), Sicuani (→), Chuquibamba (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 8,700 km²

Population: 119,340 Catholics (90.0% of 132,600 total)

Pastoral Centres: 19 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 12 priests (7 diocesan, 5 religious), 27 religious (7 brothers, 20 sisters), 2 seminarians