Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua, Peru 🇵🇪

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tacna y Moquegua / Tacnen(sis) et Moqueguen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Arequipa

Neighbouring Dioceses: Arequipa (↖), Puno (↑), Juli (↗), Corocoro (→), San Marcos de Arica (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: August 25

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1944.12.18: Established as Diocese of Tacna / Tacnen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa and became suffragan of Arequipa)
1992.07.11: Renamed as Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua / Tacnen(sis) et Moqueguen(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2006.09.01 – ...):

Bishop Marco Antonio Cortez Lara (68)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tacna y Moquegua (Roman Rite)

Bishop Marco Antonio Cortez Lara (68)
(2006.09.01 – ...)

Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua (Peru)

Elegi te meus es tu

Born:	1957.12.10 (Chiclayo, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1985.02.03
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.05.04

Priest of Chiclayo (Peru) (1985.02.03 – 2005.03.18)

Coadjutor Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua (Peru) (2005.03.18 – 2006.09.01)

Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua (Peru) (2006.09.01 – ...)

Bishop José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins
(1992.07.11 – 2006.09.01)

Born:	1930.06.02 (Callao, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1961.07.09
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.01.25
Died:	2018.03.27 (Lima, Peru † 87)

Titular Bishop of Horæa (1982.12.16 – 1991.06.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) (1982.12.16 – 1991.06.06)

Bishop of Tacna (Peru) (1991.06.06 – 1992.07.11)

Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua (Peru) (1992.07.11 – 2006.09.01)

President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2003.09 – 2006)

Bishops of Tacna (Roman Rite)

Bishop José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins
(1991.06.06 – 1992.07.11)

(see above)

Bishop Oscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, S.M.
(1982.12.16 – 1991.02.13)

Born:	1929.01.11 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1963.03.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.03.25
Died:	1999.05.19 († 70)

Bishop of Tacna (Peru) (1982.12.16 – 1991.02.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) (1991.02.13 – 1999.05.19)

Bishop Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor (later Archbishop)
(1973.10.05 – 1981.09.09)

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

Bishop of Tacna (Peru) (1973.10.05 – 1981.09.09)

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

Bishop Alfonso Zaplana Bellizza
(1957.12.17 – 1973.04.28)

Born:	1912.01.20 (Moquegua, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1938.03.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1952.09.14
Died:	1973.04.28 (Lima, Peru † 61)

Titular Bishop of Agbia (1952.07.14 – 1957.12.17)

Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo (Honduras) (1952.07.14 – 1957.12.17)

Bishop of Tacna (Peru) (1957.12.17 – 1973.04.28)

Bishop Carlos Alberto Arce Masías
(1945.07.06 – 1956.12.17)

Born:	1903.11.24 (Simbale, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1927.10.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.07.15
Died:	1963.01.06 (Lima, Peru † 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)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Marco Antonio Cortez Lara (68) (2005.03.18 – 2006.09.01)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona (2000.07.01 – 2004.02.04)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Juan Carlos Asqui Pilco (53) (2022.03.26 – 2025.12.12)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Tacna, Tacna
Co-Cathedral: Concatedral Santo Domingo, Moquegua, Moquegua
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Arequipa (↖), Puno (↑), Juli (↗), Corocoro (→), San Marcos de Arica (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 31,810 km²

Population: 573,000 Catholics (87.7% of 653,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 42 parishes

Personnel: 46 priests (34 diocesan, 12 religious), 2 deacons, 93 religious (13 brothers, 80 sisters), 8 seminarians