Military Ordinariate of

Obispado Castrense del Perú

Peru

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: 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

1943.05.15: Established as Military Vicariate of Peru
1986.07.21: Promoted as Military Ordinariate of Obispado Castrense del Perú / Peru

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. (64)

Ordinaries

Military Ordinaries of Obispado Castrense del Perú (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C. (64)
(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. (66)
(Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate 2013.09 – 2014.07.16)

Bishop Guillermo Martín Abanto Guzmán (61)
(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 (76)
(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)

Bishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M. (77) (later Archbishop)
(1996.02.06 – 1999.07.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Trujillo (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 – 2025.02.11)

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 – 2025.01.22)

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 (Lima, 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 (Lima, Peru † 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 (Cuzco, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1918.02.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1935.09.08
Died:	1980.06.30 (Lima, Peru † 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 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1937.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.02.13
Died:	1980.10.06 (Lima, Peru † 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

Minor Basilica, World Heritage Site: Basílica Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Lima, Municipalidad Metropolitana de Lima

Statistics (2013.12.31)

Pastoral Centres: 31 parishes, 70 missions

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

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.12.16

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