Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ayacucho

Archdiocese of Ayacucho Archidioecesis Ayacuquensis o Huamangensis
Cathedral of Ayacucho
Location
Country	Peru
Statistics
Area	26,777 km² (10,339 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 511,000 297,000 (58.1%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Catedral Basílica Santa María
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Salvador Piñeiro
Auxiliary Bishops	Gabino Miranda Melgarejo (he has been excardinated, or dismissed, and laicized -returned to the lay state- for sexual misconduct)^[1]
Website
www.arquidiocesisdeayacucho.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ayacucho or Huamanga (Latin: Ayacuquensis o Huamangensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Ayacucho in Peru.^[2]

History

20 July 1609: Established as Diocese of Guamanga from the Diocese of Cusco, suffragen of the archdioceses of Lima^[3]
1838: Seat of the diocese transferred to Ayacucho
30 June 1966: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ayacucho

Ordinaries

Agustín de Carvajal, O.S.A. (7 May 1612 - 19 Aug 1618 Died)^[4]
Francisco Verdugo Cabrera (14 Mar 1622 - 20 Jul 1636 Died)
Gabriel de Zarate, O.P. (14 Dec 1637 - 1638 Died)
Antonio Corderiña Vega, O.S.A. (26 May 1642 - 1649 Died)
Andrés García de Zurita (1649 - 4 Apr 1650 Appointed, Bishop of Trujillo)
Francisco de Godoy (2 May 1650 - 1 Sep 1659 Appointed, Bishop of Trujillo)
Cipriano Medina, O.P. (16 Feb 1660 - 1664 Died)
Vasco Jacinto de Contreras y Valverde (7 Jun 1666 - 1668 Died)
Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora (11 Jun 1668 - 8 Nov 1677 Appointed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas)
Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa (12 Jun 1679 - 15 Nov 1688 Appointed, Bishop of Quito)
Francisco Luis de Bruna Rico (6 Dec 1688 - 1689 Died)
Mateo Delgado (12 Dec 1689 - Jul 1695 Died)
Diego Ladrón de Guevara (11 Apr 1699 - 15 Sep 1704 Appointed, Bishop of Quito)^[5]
Francisco de Deza y Ulloa (17 Dec 1716 - 22 Apr 1722 Died)
Alfonso Roldán, O.S.Bas. (30 Aug 1723 - 22 Feb 1741 Died)
Miguel Bernardino de la Fuenta y Rojas (7 Aug 1741 - 1742 Died)
Francisco Gutiérrez Galeano, O. de M. (25 Jan 1745 - 12 Oct 1748 Died)
Felipe Manrique de Lara (23 Feb 1750 - 31 Jan 1763 Died)
José Luis de Lila y Moreno, O.S.A. (20 Aug 1764 - 25 Dec 1768 Died)
Miguel Moreno y Ollo (12 Mar 1770 - Feb 1780 Died)
Francisco López Sánchez (10 Dec 1781 - 2 Mar 1790 Died)
Bartolomé Fabro Palacios (11 Apr 1791 - 10 Jul 1795 Died)
Francisco Matienzo (27 Jun 1796 - 1802 Died)
José Antonio Martínez de Aldunate (26 Mar 1804 - 8 Apr 1811 Died)
José Vicente Silva Avilés y Olave Salaverría (15 Mar 1815 - 26 Oct 1816 Died)
Pedro Gutiérrez de Cos y Saavedra Seminario (16 Mar 1818 - 13 Mar 1826 Confirmed, Bishop of Puerto Rico)
Juan Rodríguez Reymúndez (17 Sep 1838 Confirmed - Did Not Take Effect)
Santiago José O’ Phelan Recabarren (12 Jul 1841 Confirmed - 22 Sep 1857 Died)
José Francisco Ezequiel Moreyra (27 Mar 1865 - 23 Mar 1874 Died)
Juan José de Polo Valenzuela (17 Sep 1875 - 2 Nov 1882 Died)
Julian Cáceres Negrón (19 Jan 1893 - 21 Feb 1900 Resigned)
Fidel Olivas Escudero (19 Apr 1900 - 12 Apr 1935 Died)
Francesco Solano Muente y Campos, O.F.M. (30 May 1936 - 21 Jul 1939 Resigned)
Victorino Alvarez, S.D.B. (15 Dec 1940 - 2 Mar 1958 Died)
Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B. (28 Aug 1958 - 20 Nov 1979 Resigned)
Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. (20 Nov 1979 - 23 May 1991 Retired)
Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (13 May 1995 - 9 Jan 1999 Appointed, Archbishop of Lima)
Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre, S.M. (13 Jun 2001 - 6 Aug 2011 Retired)
Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón (6 Aug 2011 - )

Suffragan dioceses

Sources

References

↑ http://www.catholicnews.com/data/briefs/cns/20130926.htm#head12
↑ GCatholic.org: "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ayacucho" retrieved November 16, 2015
↑ "Diocese of Ayacucho". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.
↑ Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Agustín de Carvajal, O.S.A." retrieved November 22, 2015
↑ Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Diego Ladrón de Guevara" retrieved December 9, 2015

Roman Catholic dioceses in Peru

Province of Arequipa	Archdiocese of Arequipa Diocese of Puno Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua Prelature of Ayaviri Prelature of Chuquibamba Prelature of Juli

Province of Ayacucho	Archdiocese of Ayacucho Diocese of Huancavélica Prelature of Caravelí

Province of Cuzco	Archdiocese of Cuzco Diocese of Abancay Prelature of Chuquibambilla Prelature of Sicuani

Province of Huancayo	Archdiocese of Huancayo Diocese of Huánuco Diocese of Tarma

Province of Lima	Archdiocese of Lima Diocese of Callao Diocese of Carabayllo Diocese of Chosica Diocese of Huacho Diocese of Ica Diocese of Lurín Prelature of Yauyos

Province of Piura	Archdiocese of Piura Diocese of Chachapoyas Diocese of Chiclayo Diocese of Chulucanas Prelature of Chota

Province of Trujillo	Archdiocese of Trujillo Diocese of Cajamarca Diocese of Chimbote Diocese of Huaraz Diocese of Huarí Prelature of Huamachuco Prelature of Moyobamba

Sui iuris Jurisdictions	Military Ordinariate of Peru Vicariate Apostolic of Iquitos Vicariate Apostolic of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier Vicariate Apostolic of Pucallpa Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado Vicariate Apostolic of Requena Vicariate Apostolic of San José de Amazonas Vicariate Apostolic of San Ramón Vicariate Apostolic of Yurimaguas

Coordinates: 13°09′38″S 74°13′29″W / 13.1606°S 74.2248°W / -13.1606; -74.2248

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