Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Lima

Peru Peru

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese, Primatial See of Peru

Name: Lima / Liman(us) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Callao, Carabayllo, Chosica, Huacho, Ica, LurĂ­n, Yauyos

Neighbouring Dioceses: Callao (←), Carabayllo (↑), Chosica (↗), Yauyos (→), Lurín (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de la Evangelización (May 14), Saint Turibius of Mongrovejo

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: October 19 (1625)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2019.01.25 – ...):Cardinal Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio (76)Cardinal Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio (76)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria delle Grazie a Casal Boccone

Auxiliary Bishop (2019.04.13 – ...):Bishop Guillermo Teodoro Elías Millares (72)Bishop Guillermo Teodoro Elías Millares (72)

Titular Bishop of Turres in Numidia

Auxiliary Bishop (2019.04.13 – ...):Bishop Ricardo Augusto Rodríguez Álvarez (63)Bishop Ricardo Augusto Rodríguez Álvarez (63)

Titular Bishop of Ælié

Apostolic Administrator of CaravelĂ­ (Peru)

Auxiliary Bishop (2021.02.10 – ...):Bishop Guillermo Antonio Cornejo Monzón (61)Bishop Guillermo Antonio Cornejo Monzón (61)

Titular Bishop of Decoriana

Auxiliary Bishop (2021.02.10 – ...):Bishop Juan JosĂ© Salaverry Villarreal, O.P. (56)Bishop Juan JosĂ© Salaverry Villarreal, O.P. (56)

Titular Bishop of Asolo

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Lima (Roman Rite)

Cardinal Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio (76)Cardinal Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio (76)
(2019.01.25 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria delle Grazie a Casal Boccone
Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru)

A ti te digo: LevĂĄntate

Born:1950.02.28 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1984.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:2019.03.02
Created Cardinal:2024.12.07

Priest of Lima (Peru) (1984.07.15 – 2019.01.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (2019.01.25 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria delle Grazie a Casal Boccone (2024.12.07 [2025.02.22] – ...)

Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Opus Dei (82)Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, Opus Dei (82)
(1999.01.09 – 2019.01.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Camillo de Lellis
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Lima (Peru)

Consummati in unum

Born:1943.12.28 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1977.08.21
Consecrated Bishop:1988.07.03
Created Cardinal:2001.02.21

Priest of Lima (Peru) (1977.08.21 – 1988.05.23)

Titular Bishop of Turuzi (1988.05.23 – 1995.05.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (1988.05.23 – 1995.05.13)

Apostolic Administrator of Ayacucho (Peru) (1991.05.23 – 1995.05.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (1995.05.13 – 1999.01.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1999.01.09 – 2019.01.25)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Camillo de Lellis (2001.02.21 [2001.02.24] – ...)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2006 – 2009)

Member of Council of Cardinals for the Study of Organisational and Economic Problems of the Apostolic See (2007.02.03 – 2014.02.24)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2009 – 2012.01)

Member of Council for the Economy (2014.03.08 – 2019.03.08)

Cardinal Augusto Vargas Alzamora, S.J.
(1989.12.30 – 1999.01.09)

Amaos los unos a los otros

Born:1922.11.09 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1955.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:1978.08.15
Created Cardinal:1994.11.26
Died:2000.09.04 (Lima, Peru † 77)

Vicar Apostolic of JaĂ©n en PerĂș (Peru) (1978.06.08 – 1985.08.23)

Titular Bishop of Cissi (1978.06.08 – 1989.12.30)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Peru (1982 – 1991)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1989.12.30 – 1999.01.09)

President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (1993 – 1999)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Roberto Bellarmino (1994.11.26 – 2000.09.04)

Cardinal Juan LandĂĄzuri Ricketts, O.F.M.
(1955.05.02 – 1989.12.30)

Ambulate in dilectione

Born:1913.11.19 (Arequipa, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1939.04.06
Consecrated Bishop:1952.08.24
Created Cardinal:1962.03.19
Died:1997.01.16 (Lima, Peru † 83)

Titular Archbishop of Rhoina (1952.05.18 – 1955.05.02)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1952.05.18 – 1955.05.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1955.05.02 – 1989.12.30)

President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (1958 – 1988)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria in Ara Coeli (1962.03.22 – 1997.01.16)

First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1976 – 1979)

Cardinal Juan Gualberto Guevara
(1945.12.16 – 1954.11.27)

Dominus illuminatio mea

Born:1882.07.12 (Villa de Vitor, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1906.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:1941.03.02
Created Cardinal:1946.02.18
Died:1954.11.27 (Lima, Peru † 72)

Priest of Arequipa (Peru) (1906.06.02 – 1940.12.15)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1940.12.15 – 1943.05.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1943.05.23 – 1945.12.16)

Military Vicar of Peru (Peru) (1945.01.13 – 1954.02.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1945.12.16 – 1954.11.27)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio (1946.02.28 – 1954.11.27)

Archbishop Pedro Pascual Francesco FarfĂĄn
(1933.09.18 – 1945.09.17)

Born:1870.10.23 (Cuzco, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1894.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:1907.12.15
Died:1945.09.17 (Lima, Peru † 74)

Priest of Cusco (Peru) (1894.12.23 – 1907.03.05)

Bishop of Huaraz (Peru) (1907.03.05 – 1918.04.19)

Bishop of Cusco (Peru) (1918.04.19 – 1933.09.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1933.09.18 – 1945.09.17)

Archbishop Emilio Francisco Lisson Chaves, C.M.
(1918.02.25 – 1931.03.03)

Born:1872.05.24 (Arequipa, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1895.06.08
Consecrated Bishop:1909.09.19
Died:1961.12.25 (Valencia, Spain † 89)

Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru) (1909.03.16 – 1918.02.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1918.02.25 – 1931.03.03)

Titular Archbishop of Methymna (1931.03.03 – 1961.12.25)

Archbishop Pietro Emmanuele GarcĂ­a NaranjĂł
(1907.12.19 – 1917.09.10)

Born:1838.04.29 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1867.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:1908.01.14
Died:1917.09.10 (Lima, Peru † 79)

Priest of Lima (Peru) (1867.12.21 – 1907.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1907.12.19 – 1917.09.10)

Archbishop Manuel Tovar y Chamorro
(1898.08.22 – 1907.05.25)

Born:1844.05.20 (SayĂĄn, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1866.09.22
Consecrated Bishop:1891.09.06
Died:1907.05.25 (Tarma, Peru † 63)

Priest of Lima (Peru) (1866.09.22 – 1891.06.04)

Titular Bishop of Marcopolis (1891.06.04 – 1898.08.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1898.08.22 – 1907.05.25)

Archbishop Manuel Antonio Bandini
(1889.05.27 – 1898.04.11)

Born:1814.06.18 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1842.02.19
Consecrated Bishop:1879.09.21
Died:1898.04.11 (Lima, Peru † 83)

Priest of Lima (Peru) (1842.02.19 – 1879.05.15)

Titular Bishop of Antipatris (1879.05.15 – 1889.05.27)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1889.05.27 – 1898.04.11)

Archbishop Francisco Orueta y CastrillĂłn, C.O.
(1873.03.21 – 1886.08.25)

Born:1804.10.06 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1829.10.11
Consecrated Bishop:1855.12.23
Died:1886.08.25 († 81)

Coadjutor Bishop of Ægeé (Turkiye) (1855.09.28 – 1859.09.26)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1859.09.26 – 1873.03.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1873.03.21 – 1886.08.25)

Bishop Manuel Teodoro del Valle (later Archbishop)
(1872.08.29 – 1872.11.19 not possessed)

Born:1813.11.09 (Hatun-Jauja, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1836.09.24
Consecrated Bishop:1865.08.06
Died:1888.10.16 († 74)

Priest of Lima (Peru) (1836.09.24 – 1865.03.27)

Bishop of Huánuco (Peru) (1865.03.27 – 1872.08.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1872.08.29 – 1872.11.19 not possessed)

Apostolic Administrator of Huánuco (Peru) (1872.11.17 – 1888.10.16)

Titular Archbishop of Beirut (1872.11.19 – 1888.10.16)

Archbishop José Sebastian Goyeneche Barreda
(1859.09.26 – 1872.02.19)

Born:1784.02.19 (Arequipa, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1807.05.31
Consecrated Bishop:1818.08.02
Died:1872.02.19 (Lima, Peru † 88)

Priest of Arequipa (Peru) (1807.05.31 – 1817.04.14)

Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1817.04.14 – 1859.09.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1859.09.26 – 1872.02.19)

Archbishop José Manuel Pasquel Losada
(1855.09.28 – 1857.10.15)

Born:1793.03.19 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1817.09.20
Consecrated Bishop:1848.05.07
Died:1857.10.15 (Lima, Peru † 64)

Priest of Lima (Peru) (1817.09.20 – 1848.01.20)

Titular Bishop of Erythré (1848.01.20 – 1855.09.28)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) (1848.01.20 – 1855.09.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1855.09.28 – 1857.10.15)

Archbishop Francisco Luna Pizzarro
(1845.04.24 – 1855.02.04)

Born:1780.11.03 (Arequipa, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1806.07.06
Consecrated Bishop:1837.09.21
Died:1855.02.04 (Lima, Peru † 74)

Titular Bishop of Alalis (1836.02.01 – 1845.04.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) (1836.02.01 – 1845.04.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1845.04.24 – 1855.02.04)

Archbishop Francisco de Sales Arrieta
(1840.07.13 – 1843.05.04)

Born:1768.01.29 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1791.11.18
Consecrated Bishop:1841.01.24
Died:1843.05.04 († 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1840.07.13 – 1843.05.04)

Archbishop Jorge de Benavente
(1834.06.23 – 1839.03.10)

Born:1784.04.23 (Ayata, Bolivia)
Ordained Priest:1808.04.02
Consecrated Bishop:1835.08.28
Died:1839.03.10 († 54)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1834.06.23 – 1839.03.10)

Archbishop Bartolomé María de las Heras Navarro
(1806.03.31 – 1823.09.06)

Born:1743.04.25 (Carmona, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1790.10.10
Died:1823.09.06 (Madrid, Spain † 80)

Bishop of Cusco (Peru) (1789.12.14 – 1806.03.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1806.03.31 – 1823.09.06)

Archbishop Juan Domingo GonzĂĄlez de la Reguera
(1780.09.18 – 1805.03.08)

Born:1720.07.21 (Comillas, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1777
Died:1805.03.08 (Lima, Peru † 84)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1776.12.16 – 1780.09.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1780.09.18 – 1805.03.08)

Archbishop Diego Antonio de Parada
(1762.01.25 – 1779.04.23)

Born:1698.04.26 (Huete, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1753
Died:1779.04.23 (Lima, Peru † 80)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1752.12.18 – 1762.01.25)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1762.01.25 – 1779.04.23)

Archbishop Diego del Corro
(1758.03.13 – 1761.01.28)

Born:1706.09.17 (San LĂșcar de Barrameda, Colombia)
Consecrated Bishop:1752.07.11
Died:1761.01.28 († 54)

Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1752.01.24 – 1758.03.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1758.03.13 – 1761.01.28)

Archbishop Pedro Antonio de Barroeta Angel
(1748.09.18 – 1757.12.19)

Born:1701.10.25 (Escaray, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1751.01.03
Died:1775.03.20 (Granada, Spain † 73)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1748.09.18 – 1757.12.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Granada (Spain) (1757.12.19 – 1775.03.20)

Archbishop AgustĂ­n RodrĂ­guez Delgado
(1746.06.14 – 1746.12.18)

Born:1674.10.04 (Oropesa, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1726.09.08
Died:1746.12.18 (Sucre, Bolivia † 72)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1725.12.19 – 1731.12.17)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1731.12.17 – 1742.01.22)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1742.01.22 – 1746.06.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1746.06.14 – 1746.12.18)

Archbishop José Antonio Gutiérrez y Ceballos
(1740.11.11 – 1745.01.16)

Born:1682 (Puenteriego, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1732.07.06
Died:1745.01.16 (Lima, Peru † 62)

Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina) ([1730.07.26] 1731.02.12 – 1740.11.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1740.11.11 – 1745.01.16)

Archbishop Juan Francisco Antonio de EscandĂłn, C.R.
(1732.02.13 – 1739.04.28)

Born: (Madrid, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1723.07.25
Died:1739.04.28 (Lima, Peru)

Bishop of Concepción (Chile) (1723.05.12 – 1731.06.18)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1731.06.18 – 1732.02.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1732.02.13 – 1739.04.28)

Archbishop Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, O.SS.T.
(1723.05.12 – 1730.03.12)

Born:1642.01.03 (Villarrobledo, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1703
Died:1730.03.12 (Lima, Peru † 88)

Bishop of León (Nicaragua) ([1701.11.21] 1702.03.15 – 1708.05.14)

Bishop of La Paz (Bolivia) (1708.05.14 – 1714.03.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1714.03.21 – 1723.05.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1723.05.12 – 1730.03.12)

Archbishop Antonio de Zuloaga
(1714 – 1722.01.21)

Born:1659.01.23 (Logroño, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1715.04.14
Died:1722.01.21 (Lima, Peru † 62)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1714 – 1722.01.21)

Archbishop Melchor de Liñån y Cisneros
(1677.06.14 – 1708.06.28)

Born:1629.12.19 (Madrid, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1665
Died:1708.06.28 (Lima, Peru † 78)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1664.10.06 – 1668.01.26)

Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1668.01.26 – 1672.02.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1672.02.08 – 1677.06.14)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1677.06.14 – 1708.06.28)

Archbishop Juan de Almoguera, O.SS.T.
(1674.05.06 – 1676.03.02)

Born:1605.02.18 (CĂłrdoba, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1661.03.24
Died:1676.03.02 (Lima, Peru † 71)

Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1659 – 1674.05.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1674.05.06 – 1676.03.02)

Archbishop Pedro de VillagĂłmez y Vivanco
(1640.07.16 – 1671.05.12)

Born:1589.10.08 (Castroverde del Campo, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1633.09.25
Died:1671.05.12 (Lima, Peru † 81)

Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1632.08.02 – 1640.07.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1640.07.16 – 1671.05.12)

Archbishop Hernando de Arias y Ugarte
(1628 – 1638.01.27)

Born:1561.09.09 (BogotĂĄ, Colombia)
Ordained Priest:1608?
Consecrated Bishop:1614.09.28
Died:1638.01.27 (Lima, Peru † 76)

Metropolitan Archbishop of SantafĂ© en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1618.01 – 1625.07.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1625.07.30 – 1628)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1628 – 1638.01.27)

Archbishop Gonzalo LĂłpez de Ocampo
(1623.10.02 – 1626.12.20)

Born:1572 (Madrid, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1624.03.10
Died:1626.12.20 (Recuay, Peru † 53)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1623.10.02 – 1626.12.20)

Archbishop Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero
(1607.11.19 – 1622.01.12)

Born:1546 (Ronda, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1597.08.24
Died:1622.01.12 (Lima, Peru † 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of SantafĂ© en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1596.08.12 – 1607.11.19)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1607.11.19 – 1622.01.12)

Saint Archbishop Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo (Turibius of Mongrovejo)
(1579.05.16 – 1606.03.23)

Born:1538.11.16 (Mayorga, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1578
Consecrated Bishop:1580.08
Died:1606.03.23 (Saña, Peru † 67)
Beatified:1679.07.02
Canonised:1726.12.10
Feast:03.23

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1579.05.16 – 1606.03.23)

Archbishop.

Archbishop Diego GĂłmez de Lamadrid, O.SS.T.
(1577.03.27 – 1578.06.13)

Born:1529 (Potes, Spain)
Died:1601.08.15 (Badajoz, Spain † 71)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1577.03.27 – 1578.06.13)

Archbishop-Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1578.06.13 – 1601.08.15)

Archbishop JerĂłnimo de Loayza, O.P.
(1546.02.12 – 1575.10.25)

Born:1489? (Trujillo, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1538.06.29
Died:1575.10.25 (Lima, Peru † 85)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1537.12.05 – 1541.05.13)

Bishop of Lima (Peru) (1541.05.13 – 1546.02.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1546.02.12 – 1575.10.25)

Bishops of Lima (Roman Rite)

Bishop JerĂłnimo de Loayza, O.P. (later Archbishop)
(1541.05.13 – 1546.02.12)

(see above)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Churches by City (148)

Callao (←), Carabayllo (↑), Chosica (↗), Yauyos (→), Lurín (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 639 kmÂČ

Population: 2,318,703 Catholics (78.0% of 2,972,696 total)

Pastoral Centres: 125 parishes, 20 missions

Personnel: 512 priests (165 diocesan, 347 religious), 1 deacon, 1,742 religious (539 brothers, 1,203 sisters), 33 seminarians

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