Roman Catholic Diocese of Chachapoyas

Diocese of Chachapoyas Dioecesis Chachapoyasensis
Location
Country	Peru
Metropolitan	Piura
Statistics
Area	21,659 km2 (8,363 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 343,000 311,000 (90.7%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Humberto Tapia Díaz
Map

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chachapoyas (Latin: Chachapoyasen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Chachapoyas in the ecclesiastical province of Piura in Peru.

• 28 May 1803: Established as Diocese of Maynas from the Diocese of Cuenca in Ecuador, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima and Diocese of Trujillo
• 2 June 1843: Renamed as Diocese of Chachapoyas

• Bishops of Chachapoyas (Roman rite), below
  • Bishop Humberto Tapia Díaz (2022.03.09 – ...)
  • Bishop Emiliano Antonio Cisneros Martínez, O.A.R. (2002.03.27 – 2022.03.09)
  • Bishop José Ignacio Alemany Grau, C.SS.R. (1995.08.17 – 2000.05.18)
  • Bishop Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno (1991.05.18 – 1995.03.18), appointed Bishop of Cajamarca
  • Bishop Antonio de Hornedo Correa, S.J. (1977.07.09 – 1991.05.18)
  • Bishop Manuel Prado Perez-Rosas, S.J. (1970.09.07 – 1976.12.29), appointed Archbishop of Trujillo
  • Bishop José Germán Benavides Morriberón (1958.08.28 – 1968.11.30)
  • Bishop Ottavio Ortiz Arrieta, S.D.B. (1921.11.21 – 1958.03.01)
  • Bishop Emilio Francisco Lisson Chaves, C.M. (1909.03.16 – 1918.02.25), appointed Archbishop of Lima
  • Bishop José Santiago Irala, O.F.M. (1904.06.04 – 1909)
  • Bishop Francesco Solano del Rísco, O.F.M. (1865.03.27 – 1905)
  • Bishop Pedro Ruiz (1853–1863)
• Bishops of Maynas (Roman rite), below
  • Bishop José María Amaga (1838–1849)
  • Bishop Hipólito Antonio Sánchez Rangel de Fayas, O.F.M. (1805.06.26 – 1824.09.28), appointed Apostolic Administrator of Cartagena (en España)

• Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B. (1953-1958), appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga)

• Roman Catholicism in Peru

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

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