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Diocese of Cajamarca

Caiamarcen(sis)

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:

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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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.