Diocese of Cajamarca
Caiamarcen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cajamarca, Peru
Latin rite diocese in Peru's northern Andes, erected 5 April 1908 from the Dioceses of Chachapoyas and Trujillo. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Trujillo, seated at the Cathedral of St. Catherine (Santa Catalina) in Cajamarca.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 5 April 1908
- Latin
- Caiamarcen(sis)
- Patron
- Santa Catarina de Alexandria
- Annuario code
- 001001011
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 804,000
- Population
- 844,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 95.3%
- Priests
- 66
- Catholics per priest
- 12,182
- Extent
- 15,333 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 52
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
- Isaac Martinez Chuquizana, M.S.A.
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
Cathedral of St. Catherine stands in Cajamarca, 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 Trujillo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Trujillo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TrujilloTrujillo
- Diocese of ChimboteChimbote
- Diocese of HuarazHuaraz
- Diocese of HuaríHuarí
- Diocese of MoyobambaMoyobamba
- Territorial Prelature of HuamachucoHuamachuco
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Seated in the city of Cajamarca, Peru, the Diocese of Cajamarca (Latin: Caiamarcen(sis)) is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church, suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo.
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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.