Metropolitan Archdiocese of Piura, Peru

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Piura / Piuren(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Chachapoyas, Chiclayo, Chulucanas, Chota

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: January 6

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1940.02.29: Established as Diocese of Piura / Piuren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Trujillo and became suffragan of Lima)
1943.05.23: Became suffragan of Trujillo
1964.03.04: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Chulucanas
1966.06.30: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Piura / Piuren(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Chachapoyas, Chiclayo, Chota and Chulucanas)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1985.02)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop:

vacant

Apostolic Administrator (2024.04.02 – ...):

Bishop Guillermo Teodoro Elías Millares (70)

Titular Bishop of Turres in Numidia

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Piura (Roman Rite)

Bishop Guillermo Teodoro Elías Millares (70)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.04.02 – ...)

Archbishop José Antonio Eguren Anselmi (68)
(2006.07.11 – 2024.04.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Piura (Peru)

Remis velisque

Born:	1956.06.14 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1982.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.04.07

Titular Bishop of Castellum Ripæ (2002.02.16 – 2006.07.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) (2002.02.16 – 2006.07.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Piura (Peru) (2006.07.11 – 2024.04.02)

Expelled from Sodalitium of Christian Life 2024.09.25.

Archbishop Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor
(1981.09.09 – 2006.07.11)

Born:	1931.05.13 (Ascope, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1955.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.12.02
Died:	2011.11.08 († 80)

Bishop of Tacna (Peru) (1973.10.05 – 1981.09.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Piura (Peru) (1981.09.09 – 2006.07.11)

Archbishop Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J.
(1978.01.18 – 1980.09.26)

Born:	1918.03.08 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1949.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.11.13
Died:	2003.12.08 († 85)

Bishop of Huaraz (Peru) (1971.09.21 – 1978.01.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Piura (Peru) (1978.01.18 – 1980.09.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1980.09.26 – 1996.03.02)

Archbishop Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado
(1966.06.30 – 1977.08.06)

Born:	1914.11.25 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1937.01.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.06.11
Died:	1977.08.06 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Boseta (1961.05.03 – 1963.01.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Piura (Peru) (1961.05.03 – 1963.01.06)

Bishop of Piura (Peru) (1963.01.06 – 1966.06.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Piura (Peru) (1966.06.30 – 1977.08.06)

Bishops of Piura (Roman Rite)

Bishop Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado (later Archbishop)
(1963.01.06 – 1966.06.30)

(see above)

Bishop Carlos Alberto Arce Masías
(1959.02.06 – 1963.01.06)

Born:	1903.11.24 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1927.10.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.07.15
Died:	1963.01.06 († 59)

Bishop of Tacna (Peru) (1945.07.06 – 1956.12.17)

Bishop of Huánuco (Peru) (1956.12.17 – 1959.02.06)

Bishop of Piura (Peru) (1959.02.06 – 1963.01.06)

Bishop Federico Pérez Silva, C.M. (later Archbishop)
(1953 – 1955)

Born:	1903.02.07 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1925.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.10.20
Died:	1965.10.16 († 62)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) (1946.09.20 – 1953)

Coadjutor Bishop of Carystus (1946.09.20 – 1953)

Bishop of Piura (Peru) (1953 – 1955)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1957.06.15 – 1965.10.16)

Bishop Fortunato Chirichigno Pontolido, S.D.B.
(1941.01.27 – 1953.01.02)

Born:	1880.05.20 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1910.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.03.02
Died:	1953.01.02 († 72)

Bishop of Piura (Peru) (1941.01.27 – 1953.01.02)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado (later Archbishop) (1961.05.03 – 1963.01.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Augusto Beuzeville Ferro (1990.08.31 – 2004.06.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. (later Archbishop) (1975.10.21 – 1978.01.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. (later Archbishop) (1973.04.12 – 1975.09.20)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Miguel Arcángel, Piura, Piura
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (69)

Machala (↑), Loja (↗), Chulucanas (→), Chiclayo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 26,636 km²

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