Diocese of Huancavélica, Peru

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Huancavélica / Huancavelicen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Ayacucho

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 7

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1944.12.18: Established as Diocese of Huancavélica / Huancavelicen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Ayacucho and became suffragan of Lima)
1966.06.30: Became suffragan of Ayacucho

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.05.21 – ...):

Bishop Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I. (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Huancavélica (Roman Rite)

Bishop Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I. (63)
(2021.05.21 – ...)

Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru)

Born:	1960.11.25 (Comas, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1996.01.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.04.17

Titular Bishop of Mattiana (2016.01.30 – 2021.05.21)

Auxiliary Bishop of Huancayo (Peru) (2016.01.30 – 2021.05.21)

Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru) (2021.05.21 – ...)

Bishop Isidro Barrio Barrio (81)
(2005.06.18 – 2021.05.21)

Bishop emeritus of Huancavélica (Peru)

Born:	1943.05.05 (Villafranca Montes de Oca, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1968.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.05.25

Priest of Huancavélica (Peru) (1968.07.06 – 2002.04.10)

Coadjutor Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru) (2002.04.10 – 2005.06.18)

Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru) (2005.06.18 – 2021.05.21)

Bishop William Dermott Molloy McDermott
(1982.01.14 – 2005.06.18)

Born:	1930.05.10 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1955.06.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.07.04
Died:	2013.08.19 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Thucca in Mauretania (1976.05.19 – 1982.01.14)

Auxiliary Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru) (1976.05.19 – 1982.01.14)

Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru) (1982.01.14 – 2005.06.18)

Bishop Florencio Coronado Romani, C.SS.R.
(1956.03.01 – 1982.01.14)

Born:	1908.05.23 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1938.09.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.04.22
Died:	2006.02.25 († 97)

Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru) (1956.03.01 – 1982.01.14)

Bishop Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.SS.R. (later Archbishop)
(1949.01.13 – 1954.02.07)

Born:	1903.04.28 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1937.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.02.13
Died:	1980.10.06 († 77)

Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru) (1949.01.13 – 1954.02.07)

Titular Bishop of Nisyrus (1954.02.07 – 1956.12.17)

Military Vicar of Peru (Peru) (1954.02.07 – 1956.12.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru) (1956.12.17 – 1965.12.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1965.12.06 – 1976)

Bishop Alberto Maria Dettmann y Aragón, O.P.
(1945.07.06 – 1948.06.28)

Born:	1902.11.10 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1929.08.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.07.15
Died:	1982.01.28 († 79)

Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru) (1945.07.06 – 1948.06.28)

Bishop of Puno (Peru) (1948.06.28 – 1959.02.06)

Bishop of Ica (Peru) (1959.02.06 – 1973.10.05)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Isidro Barrio Barrio (81) (2002.04.10 – 2005.06.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop William Dermott Molloy McDermott (1976.05.19 – 1982.01.14)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Antonio, Huancavélica, Huancavelica

Ica (↙), Yauyos (←), Huancayo (↑), San Ramón (↗), Ayacucho (→), Caravelí (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 22,131 km²

Population: 459,615 Catholics (88.9% of 517,190 total)

Pastoral Centres: 28 parishes, 123 missions

Personnel: 50 priests (diocesan), 1 deacon, 89 religious (25 brothers, 64 sisters), 23 seminarians