Diocese of Chimbote
(Redirected from Territorial Prelature of Chimbote)
Diocese of Chimbote Dioecesis Cimbotiensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru |
| Metropolitan | Trujillo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 23,500 km2 (9,100 sq mi) |
Population
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| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen y San Pedro (Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Peter) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori SJ |
| Map | |
| File:Diócesis de Chimbote.svg | |
| Website | |
| www | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chimbote (Latin: Cimbotien(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Chimbote in the ecclesiastical province of Trujillo in Peru.
History
[edit | edit source]On 26 November 1962 Pope John XXIII established the Territorial Prelature of Chimbote. It was promoted to the Diocese of Chimbote by Pope John Paul II on 6 April 1983.[1][2]
Bishops
[edit | edit source]Prelates of Chimbote
[edit | edit source]- James Edward Charles Burke, O.P. (1965-1978)
- Luis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, S.J. (1978-1983); see below
Bishops of Chimbote
[edit | edit source]- Luis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, S.J. (1983-2004); see above
- Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno (2004–Present)
See also
[edit | edit source]References
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