Roman Catholic Diocese of Puno

Diocese of Puno Dioecesis Puniensis
Cathedral Basilica of St. Charles Borromeo
Location
Country	Peru
Ecclesiastical province	Arequipa
Statistics
Area	19,475 km2 (7,519 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 606,096 515,182 (85.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Catedral Basílica San Carlos Borromeo
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Jorge Pedro Carrión Pavlich

Cathedral interior

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Puno (Latin: Puniensis) is a diocese located in the city of Puno in the Ecclesiastical province of Arequipa in Peru.

History

• 7 October 1861: Established as Diocese of Puno from the Diocese of Cusco

Leadership

• Bishops of Puno (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Jorge Pedro Carrión Pavlich (since 2000.03.25)
  • Bishop Jesús Mateo Calderón Barrueto, O.P. (1972.11.03 – 1998.02.14)
  • Bishop Julio González Ruiz, S.D.B. (1959.03.02 – 1972.07.01)
  • Bishop Alberto Maria Dettmann y Aragón, O.P. (1948.06.28 – 1959.02.06)
  • Bishop Salvador Herrera y Pinto, O.F.M. (1933.12.21 – 1948.04.05)
  • Bishop Fedel María Cosió y Medyna (1923.01.07 – 1933.05.14)
  • Bishop Valentín Ampuero, C.M. (1909.03.16 – 1914.09.30)
  • Archbishop Ismael Puyrredón (1889.02.14 – 1907.08.28)
  • Bishop Juan Capistrano Estévanes, O.F.M. (1880.03.23 – 1880.10.01)
  • Bishop Pedro José Chávez (1875.07.25 – 1879.03.11)
  • Bishop Juan María Ambrosio Huerta (1864.11.02 – 1873)
  • Bishop Mariano Chacón Becerra (1861.06.17 – 1864)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Peru

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

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