Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese
Name: Piura / Piuren(sis) (Latin)
Suffragan Sees: Chachapoyas, Chiclayo, Chulucanas, Chota
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: January 6
Metropolitan Archbishop: | vacant |
Apostolic Administrator (2024.04.02 â ...): | Bishop Guillermo Teodoro ElĂas Millares (70) Titular Bishop of Turres in Numidia |
Metropolitan Archbishops of Piura (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Guillermo Teodoro ElĂas Millares (70) | ||||||||||
Archbishop José Antonio Eguren Anselmi (68) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Piura (Peru)
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Archbishop Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor
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Archbishop Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J.
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Archbishop Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado
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Bishops of Piura (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado (later Archbishop) (see above) | ||||||||||
Bishop Carlos Alberto Arce MasĂas
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Bishop Federico PĂ©rez Silva, C.M. (later Archbishop)
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Bishop Fortunato Chirichigno Pontolido, S.D.B.
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Area: 26,636 kmÂČ
Population: 1,618,216 Catholics (85.0% of 1,903,783 total)
Pastoral Centres: 50 parishes
Personnel: 108 priests (72 diocesan, 36 religious), 196 religious (50 brothers, 146 sisters), 35 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.10.01
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