Diocese of Huacho, Peru

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Huacho / Huachen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lima

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: January 13

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1958.05.15: Established as Diocese of Huacho / Huachen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima and became suffragan of Lima)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2004.02.04 – ...):

Bishop Antonio Santarsiero Rosa, O.S.J. (73)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Peru

Ordinaries

Bishops of Huacho (Roman Rite)

Bishop Antonio Santarsiero Rosa, O.S.J. (73)
(2004.02.04 – ...)

Bishop of Huacho (Peru)
General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Peru

Born:	1951.06.13 (Avigliano, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1980.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.08.12

Bishop-Prelate of Huarí (Peru) (2001.06.13 – 2004.02.04)

Bishop of Huacho (Peru) (2004.02.04 – ...)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2024.11.13 – ...)

Bishop Lorenzo León Alvarado, O. de M.
(1967.08.03 – 2003.04.22)

Born:	1928.05.31 (Callao, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1952.01.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.09.17
Died:	2020.02.17 (Lima, Peru † 91)

Bishop of Huacho (Peru) (1967.08.03 – 2003.04.22)

Bishop Pablo Ramírez Taboado, SS.CC.
(1960.01.28 – 1966.12.19)

Born:	1909.10.05 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1941.10.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.11.09
Died:	1966.12.19 († 57)

Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru) (1947.09.05 – 1960.01.28)

Bishop of Huacho (Peru) (1960.01.28 – 1966.12.19)

Bishop Nemesio Rivera Meza
(1958.05.15 – 1960.01.28)

Born:	1918.08.11 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1946.09.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.07.20
Died:	2007.01.09 († 88)

Bishop of Huacho (Peru) (1958.05.15 – 1960.01.28)

Bishop of Cajamarca (Peru) (1960.01.28 – 1961.07.08)

Titular Bishop of Diospolis superior (1961.07.08 – 2007.01.09)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Bartolomé, Huacho, Lima

Chimbote (↖), Huaraz (↑), Huánuco (↗), Tarma (→), Huancayo (→), Yauyos (↘), Chosica (↘), Carabayllo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 14,992 km²

Population: 613,000 Catholics (90.3% of 679,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 61 parishes, 520 missions

Personnel: 70 priests (59 diocesan, 11 religious), 2 deacons, 127 religious (44 brothers, 83 sisters), 50 seminarians