Apostolic Vicariate of Requena, Peru

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Apostolic Vicariate

Name: Requena / Requenaën(sis) (Latin)

Immediately subject to the Holy See

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

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History

1956.03.02: Established as Apostolic Vicariate of Requena / Requenaën(sis) (Latin) (from Apostolic Vicariate of Ucayali)

Present Prelates

Vicar Apostolic (2022.06.04 – ...):

Bishop Alejandro Adolfo Wiesse León, O.F.M. (52)

Ordinaries

Vicars Apostolic of Requena (Roman Rite)

Bishop Alejandro Adolfo Wiesse León, O.F.M. (52)
(2022.06.04 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Requena (Peru)

Born:	1972.10.11 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	2002.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.07.23

Vicar Apostolic of Requena (Peru) (2022.06.04 – ...)

Bishop Juan Bautista Tomás Oliver Climent, O.F.M. (73)
(2005.07.30 – 2022.06.04)

Titular Bishop of Legis Volumni
Vicar Apostolic emeritus of Requena (Peru)

Born:	1951.09.22 (Carcaixent, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1975.08.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.06.06

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Requena (Peru) (2004.02.27 – 2005.07.30)

Titular Bishop of Legis Volumni (2004.02.27 – ...)

Vicar Apostolic of Requena (Peru) (2005.07.30 – 2022.06.04)

Bishop Victor de la Peña Pérez, O.F.M.
(1987.05.15 – 2005.07.30)

Born:	1933.09.14 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1959.07.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.07.03
Died:	2015.07.01 († 81)

Auxiliary Bishop of Requena (Peru) (1982.12.17 – 1987.05.15)

Titular Bishop of Avitta Bibba (1982.12.17 – 2015.07.01)

Vicar Apostolic of Requena (Peru) (1987.05.15 – 2005.07.30)

Bishop Odorico Leovigildo Sáiz Pérez, O.F.M.
(1973.11.26 – 1987.05.15)

Born:	1912.02.06 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1937.03.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1974.03.10
Died:	2012.10.14 († 100)

Vicar Apostolic of Requena (Peru) (1973.11.26 – 1987.05.15)

Titular Bishop of Simingi (1973.11.26 – 2012.10.14)

Bishop Valeriano Ludovico Arroyo Paniego, O.F.M.
(1957.01.26 – 1973.11.26)

Born:	1890.11.29 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1917.04.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.04.28
Died:	1976.08.02 († 85)

Vicar Apostolic of Requena (Peru) (1957.01.26 – 1973.11.26)

Titular Bishop of Gomphi (1957.01.26 – 1976.08.02)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic: Bishop Juan Bautista Tomás Oliver Climent, O.F.M. (73) (2004.02.27 – 2005.07.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Victor de la Peña Pérez, O.F.M. (1982.12.17 – 1987.05.15)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Antonio de Padua, Requena, Loreto

Moyobamba (←), Yurimaguas (↖), Iquitos (↑), San José de Amazonas (→), Alto Solimões (↘), Pucallpa (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 82,000 km²

Population: 147,000 Catholics (88.0% of 167,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 8 parishes, 5 missions

Personnel: 7 priests (2 diocesan, 5 religious), 26 religious (7 brothers, 19 sisters), 2 seminarians