Diocese of Huarí
Huarien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Huarí, Peru
The Diocese of Huarí in the Ancash region of Peru was established as a territorial prelature in 1958 and elevated to a diocese in 2008. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Trujillo. The see has been vacant since the death of Bishop Ivo Baldi Gaburri in June 2021, with auxiliary bishop Giorgio Barbetta serving the diocese.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1958
- Latin
- Huarien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001622
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 296,500
- Population
- 306,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 96.9%
- Priests
- 37
- Catholics per priest
- 8,014
- Extent
- 23,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 13
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
- Apostolic Administrator of Huarí
- Giorgio Barbetta Manzocchi
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
Catedral de Nuestra Señora del Carmen y Santo Domingo stands in Huarí, 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 CajamarcaCajamarca
- Diocese of ChimboteChimbote
- Diocese of HuarazHuaraz
- Diocese of MoyobambaMoyobamba
- Territorial Prelature of HuamachucoHuamachuco
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
First established as a Territorial Prelature in 1958, the see of Huarí was elevated to a full diocese in April 2008. The Diocese of Huarí (Latin: Dioecesis Huariensis) is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in Peru and a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo.
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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.