Territorial Prelature of

Yauyos 𝐖

Peru

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Territorial Prelature

Name: Yauyos / Yauyosen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Lima

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: January 22

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1957.04.12: Established as Territorial Prelature of Yauyos / Yauyosen(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima and became suffragan of Lima)
1962.03.24: Gained territory from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima
2001.07.06: Lost territory to Diocese of Chosica

Contact Info

Address: Jr. Sepúlveda 265, San Vicente de Cañete, Lima, Peru

Phone: (1)581-2425

Present Prelates

Bishop-Prelate (2004.10.12 – ...):

Bishop Ricardo García García, Opus Dei (69)

Ordinaries

Prelates of Yauyos (Roman Rite)

Bishop Ricardo García García, Opus Dei (69)
(2004.10.12 – ...)

Bishop-Prelate of Yauyos (Peru)

Iter serva tutum

Born:	1955.03.13 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1983.06.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2004.12.04

Priest of Opus Dei (Italy) (1983.06.12 – 2004.10.12)

Bishop-Prelate of Yauyos (Peru) (2004.10.12 – ...)

Bishop Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez, Opus Dei (86) (later Archbishop)
(1997.03.15 – 2003.11.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Cusco (Peru)

Iter para tutum

Born:	1938.09.23 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1967.08.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.10.02

Priest of Opus Dei (Italy) (1967.08.27 – 1983.08.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Abancay (Peru) (1983.08.18 – 1986.10.18)

Titular Bishop of Castro (1983.08.18 – 1997.03.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cusco (Peru) (1986.10.18 – 1991.12.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Yauyos (Peru) (1991.12.04 – 1997.03.15)

Bishop-Prelate of Yauyos (Peru) (1997.03.15 – 2003.11.29)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco (Peru) (2003.11.29 – 2014.10.28)

Bishop Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira, Opus Dei (later Archbishop)
(1968.04.26 – 1996.03.02)

Born:	1925.11.12 (Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1957.08.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.04.30
Died:	2009.09.28 († 83)

Auxiliary Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru) (1961.04.30 – 1968.04.26)

Titular Bishop of Nilopolis (1961.04.30 – 1978.01.10)

Bishop-Prelate of Yauyos (Peru) (1968.04.26 – 1996.03.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1996.03.02 – 2003.11.29)

Bishop Ignacio María de Orbegozo y Goicoechea, Opus Dei
(1957.04.12 – 1968.04.26)

Born:	1922.03.25 (Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1951.06.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.01.25
Died:	1998.05.04 († 76)

Bishop-Prelate of Yauyos (Peru) (1957.04.12 – 1968.04.26)

Titular Bishop of Ariassus (1963.10.29 – 1968.04.26)

Bishop of Chiclayo (Peru) (1968.04.26 – 1998.05.04)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez, Opus Dei (86) (later Archbishop) (1991.12.04 – 1997.03.15)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Vicente Mártir, San Vicente de Cañete, Lima
Former Cathedral: Iglesia San Domingo, Yauyos, Lima

Lima (←), Chosica (↖), Huacho (↑), Huancayo (↗), Huancavélica (→), Ica (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 12,257 km²

Population: 240,660 Catholics (85.3% of 281,987 total)

Pastoral Centres: 22 parishes

Personnel: 57 priests (diocesan), 62 religious (62 sisters), 10 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.12.15

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