Diocese of

Tarma

Peru

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Tarma / Tarmen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Huancayo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: Santa Ana (July 26)

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1958.05.15: Established as Territorial Prelature of Tarma / Tarmen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Huancayo and Diocese of Huánuco and became suffragan of Lima)
1966.06.30: Became suffragan of Huancayo
1985.12.21: Promoted as Diocese of Tarma / Tarmen(sis) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2022.06.18 – ...):

Bishop Timoteo Solórzano Rojas, M.S.C. (56)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Tarma (Roman Rite)

Bishop Timoteo Solórzano Rojas, M.S.C. (56)
(2022.06.18 – ...)

Bishop of Tarma (Peru)

In verbo tuo laxebo rete

Born:	1969.01.24 (Chucos, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	2001.01.09
Consecrated Bishop:	2019.01.05

Titular Bishop of Dume (2018.11.06 – 2022.06.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (2018.11.06 – 2022.06.18)

Bishop of Tarma (Peru) (2022.06.18 – ...)

Bishop Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, M.C.C.J. (58)
(Apostolic Administrator 2021.04.17 – 2022.06.18)

Bishop Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, M.C.C.J. (58)
(2016.10.25 – 2021.04.17)

Bishop of Callao (Peru)
Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru

Llamado por misericordia para servir y amar

Born:	1966.11.16 (Gorgor, Cajatambo, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1995.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.12.18

Bishop of Tarma (Peru) (2016.10.25 – 2021.04.17)

Apostolic Administrator of Tarma (Peru) (2021.04.17 – 2022.06.18)

Bishop of Callao (Peru) (2021.04.17 – ...)

Second Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2024.08.24 – ...)

Bishop Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia (73) (later Archbishop)
(2001.06.13 – 2014.10.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru)

Noqan kausanayquichispaq hamuni

Born:	1952.04.10 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1976.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.07.21

Priest of Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) (1976.12.08 – 1993.04.20)

Priest of Tarma (Peru) (1993.04.20 – 2001.06.13)

Bishop of Tarma (Peru) (2001.06.13 – 2014.10.28)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru) (2014.10.28 – ...)

Bishop Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre, S.M. (later Archbishop)
(1992.11.21 – 2001.06.13)

Sub Mariæ nomine

Born:	1935.02.22 (El Callao, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1962.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1993.01.03
Died:	2020.08.10 (Lima, Peru † 85)

Bishop of Tarma (Peru) (1992.11.21 – 2001.06.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Ayacucho (Peru) (2001.06.13 – 2011.08.06)

Bishop Lorenzo Unfried Gimpel, M.C.C.J.
(1985.12.21 – 1988.11.29)

Born:	1919.09.13 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1950.04.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.05.11
Died:	1988.11.29 († 69)

Titular Bishop of Dolia (1969.03.13 – 1980.09.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1969.03.13 – 1980.09.19)

Bishop-Prelate of Tarma (Peru) (1980.09.19 – 1985.12.21)

Bishop of Tarma (Peru) (1985.12.21 – 1988.11.29)

Prelates of Tarma (Roman Rite)

Bishop Lorenzo Unfried Gimpel, M.C.C.J.
(1980.09.19 – 1985.12.21)

(see above)

Bishop Antonio Kühner y Kühner, M.C.C.J.
(1958.05.15 – 1980.07.24)

Born:	1914.05.01 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1938.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.11.08
Died:	1991.01.22 († 76)

Bishop-Prelate of Tarma (Peru) (1958.05.15 – 1980.07.24)

Titular Bishop of Avioccala (1964.09.30 – 1977.11.29)

Bishop of Huánuco (Peru) (1980.07.24 – 1991.01.22)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Santa Ana, Tarma, Junín
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (21)

Huacho (←), Huánuco (↑), San Ramón (→), Huancayo (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 13,032 km²

Population: 588,000 Catholics (79.8% of 737,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 20 parishes, 2 missions

Personnel: 21 priests (17 diocesan, 4 religious), 3 deacons, 8 religious (4 brothers, 4 sisters), 3 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.05.09

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