Roman Catholic Diocese of Chulucanas
Appearance
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Diocese of Chulucanas Dioecesis Chulucanensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Peru |
Metropolitan | Piura |
Statistics | |
Area | 12,498 km2 (4,826 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 485,000 435,000 (89.7%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Catedral la Sagrada Familia |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral, elect |
Bishops emeritus | Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A. |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chulucanas (Latin: Chulucanen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Chulucanas in the ecclesiastical province of Piura in Peru.
History
[edit]- 4 March 1964: Established as Territorial Prelature of Chulucanas
- 12 December 1988: Promoted as Diocese of Chulucanas
Bishops
[edit]Ordinaries
[edit]- Prelate of Chulucanas (Roman rite)
- Bishop Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A. (1964.03.04 – 1988.12.12); see below
- Bishops of Chulucanas (Roman rite)
- Bishop Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A. (1988.12.12 – 2000.10.28); see above
- Bishop Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A. (2000.10.28 – 2020.04.02)
- Bishop Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral (2020.04.02 - present)
Coadjutor bishop
[edit]- Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A. (1996-2000)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
[edit]- Tarcisio Pusma Ibáñez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo in 2008; did not take effect
See also
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