Military Ordinariate of

Obispado Castrense del Perú

Peru Peru

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Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Military Ordinariate Military Ordinariate

Name: Obispado Castrense del Perú / Peru

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora de la Merced (September 24)

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History

Contact Info

Address: Ordinariato Militar, Avenida Arequipa 1032, Lima 1, Peru

Present Prelates

Military Ordinary (2014.07.16 – ...):Bishop Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C. (63)Bishop Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C. (63)

Ordinaries

Military Ordinaries of Obispado Castrense del Perú (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C. (63)Bishop Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C. (63)
(2014.07.16 – ...)

Military Ordinary of Peru (Peru)

Mitis et humilis corde

Born:1961.06.25 (Trujillo, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1988.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:2005.08.28

Bishop-Prelate of Caravelí (Peru) (2005.06.18 – 2014.07.16)

Apostolic Administrator of Caravelí (Peru) (2014.07.16 – 2017.05.27)

Military Ordinary of Peru (Peru) (2014.07.16 – ...)

Fr. Guillermo Inca Pereda, O.S.J. (65)Fr. Guillermo Inca Pereda, O.S.J. (65)
(Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate 2013.09 – 2014.07.16)

Bishop Guillermo Martín Abanto Guzmán (60)Bishop Guillermo Martín Abanto Guzmán (60)
(2012.10.30 – 2013.07.27)

Military Ordinary emeritus of Peru (Peru)

In misericordia tua speravi

Born:1964.07.01 (Trujillo, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1992.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:2009.04.19

Priest of Lima (Peru) (1992.12.12 – 2009.01.30)

Titular Bishop of Pinhel (2009.01.30 – 2012.10.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) (2009.01.30 – 2012.10.30)

Military Ordinary of Peru (Peru) (2012.10.30 – 2013.07.27)

Archbishop Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón (75)Archbishop Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón (75)
(2001.07.21 – 2012.10.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ayacucho (Peru)

El Señor es mi fortaleza

Born:1949.01.27 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1973.05.06
Consecrated Bishop:2001.09.02

Priest of Lima (Peru) (1973.05.06 – 2001.07.21)

Military Ordinary of Peru (Peru) (2001.07.21 – 2012.10.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lurín (Peru) (2003.07.08 – 2006.07.17)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2009 – 2012)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (2011.08.06 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2012.01 – 2018.03.08)

Archbishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M. (76)Bishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M. (76) (later Archbishop)
(1996.02.06 – 1999.07.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru)
President of Episcopal Conference of Peru

Gratia et misericordia

Born:1948.07.05 (Chota, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1974.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:1988.08.07

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) (1988.06.20 – 1996.02.06)

Titular Bishop of Belesasa (1988.06.20 – 1998.03.07)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Peru (1993 – 1995)

Military Ordinary of Peru (Peru) (1996.02.06 – 1999.07.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1999.07.29 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2000 – 2006)

President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2006 – 2012.01)

President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2018.03.08 – ...)

President of Latin American Episcopal Council (2019.05.15 – 2023.05.17)

Archbishop Eduardo Picher Peña
(1986.07.21 – 1996.02.06)

Born:1920.08.12 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:1944.09.23
Consecrated Bishop:1967.09.08
Died:2002.11.30 († 82)

Bishop of Callao (Peru) (1967.08.03 – 1971.05.31)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Huancayo (Peru) (1971.05.31 – 1984.06.14)

Military Vicar of Peru (Peru) (1984.06.14 – 1986.07.21)

Titular Archbishop of Abitinæ (1984.06.14 – 2002.11.30)

Military Ordinary of Peru (Peru) (1986.07.21 – 1996.02.06)

Military Vicars of Peru (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Eduardo Picher Peña
(1984.06.14 – 1986.07.21)

(see above)

Archbishop Alcides Mendoza Castro
(1967.08.12 – 1983.10.05)

Con María la madre de Jesús

Born:1928.03.14 (Mariscal Cáceres, Peru)
Ordained Priest:1951.09.15
Consecrated Bishop:1958.07.06
Died:2012.06.20 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Metræ (1958.04.28 – 1962.12.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Abancay (Peru) (1958.04.28 – 1962.12.05)

Bishop of Abancay (Peru) (1962.12.05 – 1967.08.12)

Titular Archbishop of Pederodiana (1967.08.12 – 1983.10.05)

Archbishop Military Vicar of Peru (Peru) (1967.08.12 – 1983.10.05)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru) (1983.10.05 – 2003.11.29)

Archbishop Felipe Santiago Hermosa y Sarmiento
(1956.12.17 – 1967)

Born:1893.05.01 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:1918.02.23
Consecrated Bishop:1935.09.08
Died:1980.06.30 († 87)

Bishop of Cusco (Peru) (1935.06.13 – 1943.05.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru) (1943.05.23 – 1956.12.17)

Archbishop Military Vicar of Peru (Peru) (1956.12.17 – 1967)

Titular Archbishop of Berœa (1956.12.17 – 1971.01.20)

Bishop Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.SS.R. (later Archbishop)
(1954.02.07 – 1956.12.17)

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)

Cardinal Juan Gualberto Guevara
(1945.01.13 – 1954.02.07)

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)

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)

Special Churches

Statistics (2013.12.31)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes, 70 missions

Personnel: 76 priests (74 diocesan, 2 religious), 8 religious (2 brothers, 6 sisters)

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