Diocese of Callao
Callaën(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Callao, Peru
The Diocese of Callao is a Latin Church diocese covering the port city of Callao in Peru, erected on 29 April 1967 from the Archdiocese of Lima. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lima and led by Bishop Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, M.C.C.J.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 29 April 1967
- Latin
- Callaën(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001022
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,296,670
- Population
- 1,573,250
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 82.4%
- Priests
- 119
- Catholics per priest
- 10,896
- Extent
- 165 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 7,859
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
- Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco
- Born
- 16 November 1966
- Birthplace
- Gorgor
- Institute
- MISSIONARI COMBONIANI DEL CUORE DI GESÙ
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
St. Joseph's Cathedral, Callao stands in Callao, 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 Lima
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Lima.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CarabaylloCarabayllo
- Diocese of ChosicaChosica
- Diocese of HuachoHuacho
- Diocese of HuánucoHuánuco
- Diocese of IcaIca
- Archdiocese of LimaLima
- Diocese of LurínLurín
- Territorial Prelature of YauyosYauyos
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The port city of Callao in Peru is the seat of this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Callaën(sis)), part of the ecclesiastical province of Lima.
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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.