Diocese of Sicuani
Sicuanen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Sicuani, Peru
The Diocese of Sicuani in southern Peru was established as a territorial prelature in 1959 and elevated to a diocese in 2020. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cusco and has been led by Bishop César Augusto Huerta Ramírez since 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1959
- Latin
- Sicuanen(sis)
- Patron
- Nuestra Señora del Carmen
- Annuario code
- 001000287
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 234,000
- Population
- 274,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 85.4%
- Priests
- 26
- Catholics per priest
- 9,000
- Extent
- 15,440 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 15
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
- César Augusto Huerta Ramírez
- Born
- 14 November 1975
- Birthplace
- Huaraz-Ancash
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 Nuestra Señora del Monte Carmelo stands in Sicuani, 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:
- Diocese of AbancayAbancay
- Archdiocese of CuscoCusco
- Territorial Prelature of ChuquibambillaChuquibambilla
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Within the ecclesiastical province of Cusco in Peru, the city of Sicuani serves as the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sicuani, known in Latin as Dioecesis Sicuanensis.
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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.