Roman Catholic Diocese of Huaraz

Roman Catholic diocese in Peru

Diocese of Huaraz Dioecesis Huarazensis

Cathedral of St. Sebastian and the Immaculate Conception
Location
Country	Peru
Ecclesiastical province	Trujillo
Statistics
Area	13,818 km (5,335 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 405,800 365,000 (89.9%)
Parishes	30
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	15 May 1899 (125 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de San Sebastián y la Inmaculada Concepción
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Huaraz is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic Church in Peru. Erected in 1899, the diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Trujillo

The current bishop is José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona, appointed in Feb. 2004.

History

On 15 May 1899 Pope Leo XIII established the Diocese of Huaraz with territory taken from the Archdiocese of Lima. It lost territory when the Territorial Prelature of Huarí was established in 1958.

Ezechiel Francisco Soto, SS.CC. (27 Feb 1901 – 17 Apr 1903)
Mariano Holguin, O.F.M. (12 August 1904 – 1 June 1906) Appointed, Bishop of Arequipa
Pedro Pascuál Francesco Farfán de los Godos (6 August 1907 – 19 April 1918) Appointed, Bishop of Cuzco
Domingo Juan Vargas, O.P. (26 August 1920 – 1 August 1936)
Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz (15 December 1940 – 17 December 1956) Appointed, Bishop of Huancayo
Teodosio Moreno Quintana (17 December 1956 – 21 September 1971)
Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. (21 September 1971 – 18 January 1978) Appointed, Archbishop of Piura
Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. (18 January 1978 – 30 August 1985) Appointed, Archbishop of Huancayo
José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, S.D.B. (3 January 1987 – 14 December 1996) Appointed, Bishop of Lurín
Ivo Baldi Gaburri (14 December 1999 – 4 February 2004) Appointed, Prelate of Huarí
José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona (4 February 2004 – 17 September 2024)

Luigi Zanzottera, O.S.I. (1969–1970)
José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona (1994–2000), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua (later returned here as Bishop)

v t e Catholic dioceses in Peru
Province of Arequipa	Archdiocese of Arequipa Diocese of Puno Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua Prelature of Ayaviri Prelature of Chuquibamba Prelature of Juli Prelature of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané
Province of Ayacucho	Archdiocese of Ayacucho Diocese of Huancavelica Prelature of Caravelí
Province of Cusco	Archdiocese of Cusco Diocese of Abancay Diocese of Sicuani Prelature of Chuquibambilla
Province of Huancayo	Archdiocese of Huancayo Diocese of Huánuco Diocese of Tarma
Province of Lima	Archdiocese of Lima Diocese of Callao Diocese of Carabayllo Diocese of Chosica Diocese of Huacho Diocese of Ica Diocese of Lurín Prelature of Yauyos
Province of Piura	Archdiocese of Piura Diocese of Chachapoyas Diocese of Chiclayo Diocese of Chulucanas Prelature of Chota
Province of Trujillo	Archdiocese of Trujillo Diocese of Cajamarca Diocese of Chimbote Diocese of Huaraz Diocese of Huarí Prelature of Huamachuco Prelature of Moyobamba
Sui iuris jurisdictions	Military Ordinariate of Peru Vicariate Apostolic of Iquitos Vicariate Apostolic of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier Vicariate Apostolic of Pucallpa Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado Vicariate Apostolic of Requena Vicariate Apostolic of San José de Amazonas Vicariate Apostolic of San Ramón Vicariate Apostolic of Yurimaguas
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