Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo, Peru 🇵🇪

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2025.02.11 – ...):

Archbishop Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori, S.J. (66)

Apostolic Administrator of Jaén en Perú (Peru)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Trujillo (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori, S.J. (66)
(2025.02.11 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru)
Apostolic Administrator of Jaén en Perú (Peru)

Born:	1960.02.11 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1994.07.31
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.08.15

Titular Bishop of Autenti (2014.06.11 – 2025.02.11)

Vicar Apostolic of Jaén en Perú (Peru) (2014.06.11 – 2025.02.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru) (2025.02.11 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Jaén en Perú (Peru) (2025.02.22 – ...)

Archbishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M. (77)
(1999.07.29 – 2025.02.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Trujillo (Peru)

Gratia et misericordia

Born:	1948.07.05 (Chota, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1974.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.08.07

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) (1988.06.20 – 1996.02.06)

Titular Bishop of Belesasa (1988.06.20 – 1998.03.07)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Peru (1993 – 1995)

Military Ordinary of Peru (Peru) (1996.02.06 – 1999.07.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1999.07.29 – 2025.02.11)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2000 – 2006)

President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2006 – 2012.01)

President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2018.03.08 – 2025.01.22)

President of Latin American Episcopal Council (2019.05.15 – 2023.05.17)

Archbishop Manuel Prado Pérez-Rosas, S.J.
(1976.12.29 – 1999.07.29)

Born:	1923.05.26 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1956.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1970.10.07
Died:	2011.10.09 (Lima, Peru † 88)

Bishop of Chachapoyas (Peru) (1970.09.07 – 1976.12.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1976.12.29 – 1999.07.29)

Archbishop Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, C.SS.R.
(1965.12.06 – 1976)

Born:	1903.04.28 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1937.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.02.13
Died:	1980.10.06 (Lima, Peru † 77)

Bishop of Huancavélica (Peru) (1949.01.13 – 1954.02.07)

Titular Bishop of Nisyrus (1954.02.07 – 1956.12.17)

Military Vicar of Peru (Peru) (1954.02.07 – 1956.12.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru) (1956.12.17 – 1965.12.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1965.12.06 – 1976)

Archbishop Federico Pérez Silva, C.M.
(1957.06.15 – 1965.10.16)

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

Titular Bishop of Carystus (1946.09.20 – 1953)

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

Bishop of Piura (Peru) (1953 – 1955)

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

Archbishop Aurelio Macedonio Guerriero
(1946.09.20 – 1957.05.25)

Born:	1882.09.12 (Catacaos, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1909.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.10.20
Died:	1963.10.19 († 81)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1946.09.20 – 1957.05.25)

Titular Archbishop of Gabula (1957.05.25 – 1963.10.19)

Archbishop Juan Gualberto Guevara (later Cardinal)
(1943.05.23 – 1945.12.16)

Dominus illuminatio mea

Born:	1882.07.12 (Villa de Vitor, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1906.06.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.03.02
Created Cardinal:	1946.02.18
Died:	1954.11.27 (Lima, Peru † 72)

Priest of Arequipa (Peru) (1906.06.02 – 1940.12.15)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1940.12.15 – 1943.05.23)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1943.05.23 – 1945.12.16)

Military Vicar of Peru (Peru) (1945.01.13 – 1954.02.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1945.12.16 – 1954.11.27)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Eusebio (1946.02.28 – 1954.11.27)

Bishops of Trujillo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Gualberto Guevara (later Cardinal)
(1940.12.15 – 1943.05.23)

(see above)

Bishop Carlo Garcia Irigoyen
(1910.03.21 – 1937.10.21)

Born:	1857.11.06 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1880.11.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1910.06.19
Died:	1937.10.21 († 79)

Priest of Lima (Peru) (1880.11.21 – 1910.03.21)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1910.03.21 – 1937.10.21)

Bishop Manuel Medina y Bañon
(1889.02.14 – 1907)

Born:	1836.01.30 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1861.01.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1889.08.18
Died:	1907.03.22 († 71)

Priest of Lima (Peru) (1861.01.27 – 1889.02.14)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1889.02.14 – 1907)

Bishop José Domingo Armestar
(1874.12.21 – 1881.12.14)

Born:	1790.08.11 (Piua, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1817.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1875.04.18
Died:	1881.12.14 († 91)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1874.12.21 – 1881.12.14)

Bishop Francisco Orueta y Castrillón, C.O. (later Archbishop)
(1859.09.26 – 1873.03.21)

Born:	1804.10.06 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1829.10.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1855.12.23
Died:	1886.08.25 († 81)

Coadjutor Bishop of Ægeæ (Turkiye) (1855.09.28 – 1859.09.26)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1859.09.26 – 1873.03.21)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1873.03.21 – 1886.08.25)

Bishop Agustín Guillermo Charún
(1853.03.07 – 1857.02.22)

Born:	1794.02.09 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1818.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1853.07.31
Died:	1857.02.22 (Huanchaco, Peru † 63)

Priest of Lima (Peru) (1818.09.19 – 1853.03.07)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1853.03.07 – 1857.02.22)

Bishop José Higinio Madalengoitia
(1846.01.19 – 1848.11.04)

Born:	1774.05.12 (Trujillo, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1798.08.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1841.04.12
Died:	1848.11.04 († 74)

Priest of Trujillo (Peru) (1798.08.02 – 1840.10.27)

Titular Bishop of Antiphellus (1840.10.27 – 1846.01.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1840.10.27 – 1846.01.19)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1846.01.19 – 1848.11.04)

Bishop Tomás Diéguez de Florencia
(1835.07.24 – 1845.06.08)

Born:	1775.12.29 (Trujillo, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1804.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1836.10.09
Died:	1845.06.08 (Santiago de Cao, Peru † 69)

Priest of Trujillo (Peru) (1804.05.20 – 1835.07.24)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1835.07.24 – 1845.06.08)

Bishop José Carrión y Marfil
(1798.07.03 – 1824.09)

Born:	1747.04.24 (Estepona, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1773
Consecrated Bishop:	1785.03.27
Died:	1827.05.13 († 80)

Titular Bishop of Carystus (1784.06.25 – 1786.12.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1784.06.25 – 1786.12.18)

Bishop of Cuenca (Ecuador) (1786.12.18 – 1798.07.03)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1798.07.03 – 1824.09)

Archbishop Fernando del Portillo y Torres, O.P.
(1798.06 – 1798.07.03 not possessed)

Born:	1728.08.03 (Ciudad Real, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1789.06.28
Died:	1804.01.20 (Bogotá, Colombia † 75)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1788.09.15 – 1798.10.29)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1798.06 – 1798.07.03 not possessed)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1798.10.29 – 1804.01.20)

Bishop Blas Sobrino y Minayo
(1794.09.12 – 1798.04.26)

Born:	1725.01.16 (Urueña, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1775.08.06
Died:	1798.04.26 (Trujillo, Peru † 73)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1775.03.13 – 1776.12.16)

Bishop of Quito (Ecuador) (1776.12.16 – 1788.12.15)

Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (1788.12.15 – 1794.09.12)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1794.09.12 – 1798.04.26)

Bishop José Andrés de Achurra y Núñez del Arco
(1788.12.15 – 1792?)

Born:	1736.02.04 (Panama)
Consecrated Bishop:	1789.05.10
Died:	1792? († 56)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1788.12.15 – 1792?)

Bishop Baltazar Jaime Martínez de Compañón (later Archbishop)
(1778.06.01 – 1788.12.15)

Born:	1737.01.15 (Cabredo, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1761
Consecrated Bishop:	1779.03.25
Died:	1799.08.17 (Bogotá, Colombia † 62)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1778.06.01 – 1788.12.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Santafé en Nueva Granada (Colombia) (1788.12.15 – 1799.08.17)

Bishop Francisco Javier de Luna Victoria y Castro
(1758.03.13 – 1777.03.11)

Born:	1695.12.03 (Lima, Peru)
Consecrated Bishop:	1751.10
Died:	1777.03.11 († 81)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1751.05.17 – 1758.03.13)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1758.03.13 – 1777.03.11)

Bishop Cayetano Marcellano y Agramont (later Archbishop)
(1757.05.23 – 1758.03.13)

Born:	1697 (Cuzco, Peru)
Consecrated Bishop:	1750.08.02
Died:	1760.08.28 († 62)

Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) ([1749.01.23] 1749.04.21 – 1757.05.23)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1757.05.23 – 1758.03.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1758.03.13 – 1760.08.28)

Bishop Bernardo de Arbizu y Ugarte
(1751.11.15 – 1756.10.20)

Born:	1696? (Cuzco, Peru)
Consecrated Bishop:	1747.07.30
Died:	1756.10.20 († 59)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1746.11.28 – 1751.11.15)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1751.11.15 – 1756.10.20)

Bishop José Cayetano Paravicino, O.F.M.
(1747.09.04 – 1750.10.20)

Born:	1690.06.05 (Arequipa, Peru)
Consecrated Bishop:	1741.07.02
Died:	1750.10.20 († 60)

Bishop of Paraguay (Paraguay) (1738.11.16 – 1747.09.04)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1747.09.04 – 1750.10.20)

Bishop Gregorio de Molleda Clerque (later Archbishop)
(1740.12.19 – 1747.09.04)

Born:	1692.05.08 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1716.04.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1725.10.07
Died:	1756.04.01 († 63)

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1729.08.03 – 1740.12.19)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1740.12.19 – 1747.09.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop of La Plata (Bolivia) (1747.09.04 – 1756.04.01)

Bishop Jaime de Mimbela, O.P.
(1720.03 – 1739.08.04)

Born:	1666.04.20 (Fraga, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1690?
Consecrated Bishop:	1715
Died:	1739.08.04 († 73)

Bishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) (1714.02.26 – 1720.03)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1720.03 – 1739.08.04)

Bishop Diego Montero del Aguila
(1715.01.21 – 1718.02.25)

Born:	1645.10.02 (Santiago, Chile)
Ordained Priest:	1697.05.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1710.01.05
Died:	1718.02.25 († 72)

Priest of Lima (Peru) (1697.05.03 – 1708.10.03)

Bishop of Concepción (Chile) (1708.10.03 – 1715.01.21)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1715.01.21 – 1718.02.25)

Bishop Juan Victores de Velasco, O.S.B.
(1707.11.28 – 1713.12.10)

Born:	1644 (Burgos, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1694.10.21
Died:	1713.12.10 († 68)

Bishop of Santa Marta (Colombia) (1694.07.19 – 1707.11.28)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1707.11.28 – 1713.12.10)

Bishop Pedro Díaz de Cienfuegos
(1696.09.07 – 1702.01.09)

Born:	1652 (Tuña, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1692.12.20
Died:	1702.01.09 (Catacaos, Peru † 49)

Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1686.08.13 – 1696.09.07)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1696.09.07 – 1702.01.09)

Fr. Pedro de la Serena, O.S.H.
(1693.09.28 – 1695.09 not possessed)

Born:	1630? (Cabeza de Buey, Peru)
Died:	1695.09 († 64)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1693.09.28 – 1695.09 not possessed)

Fr. Juan de Bustamante
(1693 – 1693 not possessed)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1693 – 1693 not possessed)

Bishop Francisco de Borja
(1679.09.04 – 1689.04.13)

Born:	1629 (Bogotá, Colombia)
Consecrated Bishop:	1671
Died:	1689.04.13 († 59)

Bishop of Tucumán (Argentina) ([1668.02.08] 1668.09.17 – 1679.09.04)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1679.09.04 – 1689.04.13)

Bishop Antonio de León y Becerra
(1676.04.26 – 1677.02)

Born:	1631 (Madrid, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1657
Consecrated Bishop:	1673.07.29
Died:	1708.08.28 († 76)

Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1672.03.21 – 1676.04.26)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1676.04.26 – 1677.02)

Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1677.02 – 1708.08.28)

Bishop-elect Álvaro de Ibarra
(1674.12.17 – ?)

Born:	1624? (Lima, Peru)
Consecrated Bishop:	1675?

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1674.12.17 – ?)

Bishop Juan de la Calle y Heredia, O. de M.
(1663 – 1674.07.10)

Born:	1612 (Granada, Peru)
Consecrated Bishop:	1662.10.22
Died:	1676.02.15 († 63)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1663 – 1674.07.10)

Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1674.07.10 – 1676.02.15)

Bishop Francisco Godoy y Campos
(1659.09.01 – 1659 not possessed)

Born:	(Valdivia, Peru)
Consecrated Bishop:	1652.01.21
Died:	1659

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1650.05.02 – 1659.09.01)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1659.09.01 – 1659 not possessed)

Bishop-elect Hugo Castillo Arteaga
(1654.03.09 – 1658.02.25)

Born:	1605.01.19 (Tudela, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1632.06.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1658.03.03
Died:	1658.09.21 († 53)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1654.03.09 – 1658.02.25)

Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1658.02.25 – 1658.09.21)

Bishop Andrés García de Zurita
(1650.01.04 – 1652.08.02)

Born:	1587 (Sevilla, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1649.07.11
Died:	1652.08.02 († 64)

Titular Bishop of Beirut (1648.02.10 – 1649)

Coadjutor Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1648.02.10 – 1649)

Bishop of Huamanga (Peru) (1649 – 1650.01.04)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1650.01.04 – 1652.08.02)

Bishop Pedro Ortega Sotomayor
(1645 – 1647)

Born:	(Lima, Peru)
Consecrated Bishop:	1646.09.30
Died:	1658

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1645 – 1647)

Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1647 – 1651.11.27)

Bishop of Cusco (Peru) (1651.11.27 – 1658)

Bishop Juan Sánchez Duque de Estrada
(1641.11.12 – 1641.11.12)

Born:	1581 (Santa Cruz de la Jara, Spain)
Died:	1641.11.12 († 59)

Bishop of Guadalajara (Mexico) (1636.07.21 – 1641.11.12)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1641.11.12 – 1641.11.12)

Bishop Luis Córdoba Ronquillo, O.SS.T.
(1640.08.13 – 1640.11.24 not possessed)

Born:	(Granada, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1631.04
Died:	1640.11.24

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1630.09.09 – 1640.08.13)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1640.08.13 – 1640.11.24 not possessed)

Bishop Diego Montoya Mendoza
(1637.10.05 – 1640.04.14)

Born:	1593.07.23 (Mijancas, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1634.12.27
Died:	1640.04.14 († 46)

Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1633.09.05 – 1637.10.05)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1637.10.05 – 1640.04.14)

Bishop Ambrosio Vallejo Mejía, O. Carm.
(1631.01.27 – 1635.10.29)

Born:	(Madrid, Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1620.08.06
Died:	1635.10.29

Bishop of Popayán (Colombia) (1619.12.02 – 1631.01.27)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1631.01.27 – 1635.10.29)

Bishop Carlos Marcelo Corni Velazquez
(1620.08.17 – 1630.10.16)

Born:	1564 (Trujillo, Peru)
Consecrated Bishop:	1620.10.18
Died:	1630.10.16 († 65)

Bishop of Concepción (Chile) (1618 – 1620.08.17)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1620.08.17 – 1630.10.16)

Bishop Francisco Diaz de Cabrera y Córdoba, O.P.
(1614.07.19 – 1620.04.26)

Born:	(Córdoba, Spain)
Died:	1620.04.26

Bishop of Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico) (1611.08.17 – 1614.07.19)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1614.07.19 – 1620.04.26)

Fr. Juan de la Cabeza, O.P.
(1614 – 1614 not possessed)

Died:

1614

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1614 – 1614 not possessed)

Fr. Luís Jerónimo de Carcomo, O.F.M.
(1611.05.25 – 1614? not possessed)

Born:	1561? (México, Mexico)
Died:	1614? († 53)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1611.05.25 – 1614? not possessed)

Fr. Francisco de Ovanda, O.F.M.
(1611 – ? not possessed)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1611 – ? not possessed)

Bishop Alonso Guzmán y Talavera, O.S.H.
(1577.04.15 – ?)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1577.04.15 – ?)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francisco Castro Lalupú (52) (2020.04.04 – 2026.05.25)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Timoteo Solórzano Rojas, M.S.C. (57) (2018.11.06 – 2022.06.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Javier Travieso Martín, C.M.F. (74) (2009.01.07 – 2014.11.01)
Auxiliary Bishop: Fr. Tarcicio Pusma Ibáñez (2008.01.25 – 2008.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Luis Baldo Riva, C.SS.R. (1969.03.13 – 1977.06.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Higinio Madalengoitia (1840.10.27 – 1846.01.19)