Diocese of Huancavelica
Huancavelicen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Huancavelica, Peru
Latin rite diocese in the high Andes of central Peru, erected 18 December 1944 by Pope Pius XII from the Diocese of Ayacucho. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Ayacucho, seated at the Cathedral of St. Anthony (San Antonio) in Huancavelica.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 18 December 1944
- Latin
- Huancavelicen(sis)
- Patron
- Inmaculado Corazón de María
- Annuario code
- 001001618
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 406,709
- Population
- 444,829
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 91.4%
- Priests
- 49
- Catholics per priest
- 8,300
- Extent
- 21,078 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 19
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
- Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I.
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. Anthony stands in Huancavelica, 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 Ayacucho
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Ayacucho.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of Ayacucho o HuamangaAyacucho o Huamanga
- Diocese of CaravelíCaravelí
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The city of Huancavélica, within Peru's ecclesiastical province of Ayacucho, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Huancavelica (Latin: Huancavelicensis).
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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.