Catholic IntelligenceA work of service to the Church

Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla

Chuquibambillen(sis)

Latin rite territorial prelature in Peru's Apurimac Department, erected 26 April 1968 from the Diocese of Abancay and staffed largely by the Order of Saint Augustine. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cusco, seated at the Cathedral of San Pedro in Chuquibambilla. The see has been vacant since 14 February 2024, when Bishop Edinson Farfan was transferred to Chiclayo and remained as apostolic administrator.

The see

Rank
Suffragan territorial prelature
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
26 April 1968
Latin
Chuquibambillen(sis)
Annuario code
001000261

The see in figures

Catholics
80,000
Population
83,000
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
96.4%
Priests
14
Catholics per priest
5,714
Extent
7,724 km²
Catholics per km²
10

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
Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova
Born
21 September 1974
Birthplace
Tambo Grande
Institute
ORDINE DI S. AGOSTINO (AGOSTINIANI)

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 San Pedro, Chuquibambilla stands in Chuquibambilla, 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 Cusco

A suffragan of Archdiocese of Cusco.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

History

Within the ecclesiastical province of Cuzco in Peru, the city of Chuquibambilla hosts this Roman Catholic territorial prelature (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Chuquibambillensis).

How to reach it

Diocesan offices
Plaza de Armas 116, Chuquibambilla, Grau, Apurímac, Perú
Telephone
965.84.38.52

This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.

Catholic Intelligence

Get early access

We are indexing the whole visible Church: every diocese and parish on earth, searchable and mapped, with Mass times, clergy, and diocesan contacts. Launching soon. Sign up to be first in when it opens, starting with [object Object].

One email at launch. Nothing else.

Sources

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.