Diocese of Ayaviri
Ayavirien(sis)
Suffragan territorial prelature · Latin Church · Ayaviri, Peru
Ayaviri is a Latin Church territorial prelature in the Puno region of Peru, erected on 30 July 1958 and suffragan to the Archdiocese of Arequipa. Its bishop-prelate is Benigno Condori Chuchi, O.F.M., appointed in October 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan territorial prelature
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 July 1958
- Latin
- Ayavirien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000252
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 152,656
- Population
- 179,596
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 85.0%
- Priests
- 23
- Catholics per priest
- 6,637
- Extent
- 20,713 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7.4
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Benigno Condori Chuchi
- Born
- 22 March 1971
- Birthplace
- Cucero
- Institute
- ORDINE FRANCESCANO FRATI MINORI
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
San Francisco de Asís stands in Ayaviri, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Arequipa
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Arequipa.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ArequipaArequipa
- Diocese of PunoPuno
- Diocese of Tacna y MoqueguaTacna y Moquegua
- Territorial Prelature of ChuquibambaChuquibamba
- Territorial Prelature of JuliJuli
- Territorial Prelature of Santiago Apóstol de HuancanéSantiago Apóstol de Huancané
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In the Peruvian city of Ayaviri, within the ecclesiastical province of Arequipa, the Catholic Church maintains the Territorial Prelature of Ayaviri (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Ayaviriensis).
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.