Diocese of Tarma
Tarmen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tarma, Peru
The Diocese of Tarma in central Peru was established as a territorial prelature in 1958 and elevated to a diocese in 1985. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Huancayo and has been led by Bishop Timoteo Solórzano Rojas, a Missionary of the Sacred Heart, since 2022.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 15 May 1958
- Latin
- Tarmen(sis)
- Patron
- Saint Anne (Santa Ana)
- Annuario code
- 001003177
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 582,739
- Population
- 737,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 79.1%
- Priests
- 25
- Catholics per priest
- 23,310
- Extent
- 13,032 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 45
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
- Timoteo Solórzano Rojas
- Born
- 24 January 1969
- Birthplace
- Chucos
- Institute
- MISSIONARI DEL SACRO CUORE DI GESÙ
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 Santa Ana stands in Tarma, 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 Huancayo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Huancayo.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of HuancayoHuancayo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.