Diocese of Ica
Icen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Ica, Peru
Latin rite diocese on Peru's southern coast, erected 10 August 1946 from the Archdiocese of Lima. It is a suffragan of Lima, seated at St. Jerome Cathedral (Catedral San Jeronimo) in Ica.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 August 1946
- Latin
- Icen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001641
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 735,000
- Population
- 745,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 98.7%
- Priests
- 49
- Catholics per priest
- 15,000
- Extent
- 21,305 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 34
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
- Hector Eduardo Vera Colona
- Born
- 29 January 1939
- Birthplace
- Puebla de Alfindén
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. Jerome Cathedral stands in Ica, 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 CallaoCallao
- Diocese of CarabaylloCarabayllo
- Diocese of ChosicaChosica
- Diocese of HuachoHuacho
- Diocese of HuánucoHuánuco
- Archdiocese of LimaLima
- Diocese of LurínLurín
- Territorial Prelature of YauyosYauyos
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
The Peruvian city of Ica, in the ecclesiastical province of Lima, is the seat of this Roman Catholic diocese (Latin: Icen(sis)).
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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.