Metropolitan Archdiocese of

Trujillo

Peru Peru

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Trujillo / Truxillen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Cajamarca, Chimbote, Huaraz, HuarĂ­, Huamachuco, Moyobamba

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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History

Papal Visits

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2025.02.11 – ...):Archbishop Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori, S.J. (65)Archbishop Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori, S.J. (65)
Auxiliary Bishop (2020.04.04 – ...):Bishop Francisco Castro LalupĂș (51)Bishop Francisco Castro LalupĂș (51)

Titular Bishop of Putia in Byzacena

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Trujillo (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori, S.J. (65)Archbishop Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori, S.J. (65)
(2025.02.11 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (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 JaĂ©n en PerĂș (Peru) (2014.06.11 – 2025.02.11)

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

Archbishop HĂ©ctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M. (76)Archbishop HĂ©ctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M. (76)
(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 Perez-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 († 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 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:1937.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1949.02.13
Died:1980.10.06 († 77)

Bishop of HuancavĂ©lica (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 PĂ©rez Silva, C.M.
(1957.06.15 – 1965.10.16)

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 (Greece) (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 (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)

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 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:1880.11.21
Consecrated Bishop:1910.06.19
Died:1937.10.21 († 79)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1910.03.21 – 1937.10.21)

Bishop Manuel Medina y Bañon
(1889.02.14 – 1907)

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

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1889.02.14 – 1907)

Bishop José Domingo Armestar
(1874.12.21 – 1881.12.14)

Born:1790.08.11
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 CastrillĂłn, C.O. (later Archbishop)
(1859.09.26 – 1873.03.21)

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

Coadjutor Bishop of Ægeé (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 AgustĂ­n Guillermo CharĂșn
(1853.03.07 – 1857.02.22)

Born:1794.02.09
Ordained Priest:1818.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:1853.07.31
Died:1857.02.22 († 63)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1853.03.07 – 1857.02.22)

Bishop José Higinio Madalengoitia
(1846.01.19 – 1848.11.04)

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

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 Tomås Diéguez de Florencia
(1835.07.24 – 1845.06.08)

Born:1775.12.29
Ordained Priest:1804.05.20
Consecrated Bishop:1836.10.09
Died:1845.06.08 († 69)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1835.07.24 – 1845.06.08)

Bishop José Carrión y Marfil
(1798.07.03 – 1824.09)

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

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

Coadjutor Bishop of Carystus (Greece) (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 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1789.06.28
Died:1804.01.20 († 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 SantafĂ© 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 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:1775.08.06
Died:1798.04.26 († 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-elect JosĂ© AndrĂ©s de Achurra y NĂșñez del Arco
(1788.12.15 – ?)

Born:1736.02.04
Consecrated Bishop:1789.05.10

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1788.12.15 – ?)

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

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

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1778.06.01 – 1788.12.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of SantafĂ© 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 (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
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)

Consecrated Bishop:1747.07.30
Died:1756.10.20

Bishop of Cartagena (Colombia) (1747 – 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 (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
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 (Spain)
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 (Chile)
Ordained Priest:1697.05.03
Consecrated Bishop:1710.01.05
Died:1718.02.25 († 72)

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
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 DĂ­az de Cienfuegos
(1696.09.07 – 1702.01.09)

Born:1652
Consecrated Bishop:1692.12.20
Died:1702.01.09 († 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)

Died:1695.09

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 (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 LeĂłn y Becerra
(1676.04.26 – 1677.02)

Born:1631
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 Álvaro de Ibarra
(1674.12.17 – ?)

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1674.12.17 – ?)

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

Born:1612
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)

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
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
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)

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 SĂĄnchez Duque de Estrada
(1641.11.12 – 1641.11.12)

Born:1581 (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 CĂłrdoba Ronquillo, O.SS.T.
(1640.08.13 – 1640.11.24 not possessed)

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 (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 MejĂ­a, O. Carm.
(1631.01.27 – 1635.10.29)

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 (Peru)
Consecrated Bishop:1618.10.28
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 CĂłrdoba, O.P.
(1614.07.19 – 1620.04.26)

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. LuĂ­s JerĂłnimo de Carcomo, O.F.M.
(1611.05.25 – ? not possessed)

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

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

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

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

Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1577.04.15 – ?)

Former Prelates

Special Churches

Chota (↑), Cajamarca (↗), Huamachuco (→), Huarí (↘), Huaraz (↘), Chimbote (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 15,323 kmÂČ

Population: 1,150,354 Catholics (69.9% of 1,645,062 total)

Pastoral Centres: 75 parishes, 106 missions

Personnel: 140 priests (78 diocesan, 62 religious), 207 religious (106 brothers, 101 sisters), 15 seminarians

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