Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Huancayo

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo

*Archidioecesis Metropolitanae Huancayensis*
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo; Archidioecesis Metropolitanae Huancayensis
	Metropolitan Archcathedral of the Most Holy Trinity
Location
Country	Peru
Statistics
Area	15,145 km2 (5,848 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2004); 792,505; 728,867 (92.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Luis Alberto Huamán Camayo
Bishops emeritus	Pedro Barreto
Website
	Website

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo (Latin: Huancayen(sis)) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in Peru's western Amazonian Junín Region.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad (dedicated to the Holy Trinity) in the city of Huancayo.

History

Established on 18 December 1944 as Diocese of Huancayo on territory split off from the Diocese of Huánuco
Lost territory on 15 May 1585 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Tarma
30 June 1966: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo

Bishops

Ordinaries

Bishops of Huancayo

Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. (1945–1946), appointed Archbishop of Arequipa
Daniel Figueroa Villón (1946–1956), appointed Bishop of Chiclayo
Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz (1956–1966); see below

Archbishops of Huancayo

Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz (1966–1971); see above
Eduardo Picher Peña (1971–1984), appointed Military Vicar and later Military Ordinary of Peru
Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. (1985–1991)
José Paulino Ríos Reynoso (1995–2003), appointed Archbishop of Arequipa
Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J. (2004–2024)
Luis Alberto Huamán Camayo O.M.I. (2024–)^[1]

Auxiliary bishop

Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I. (2016–2021)

Ecclesiastical province

Apart from the metropolitan archdiocese, its province comprises two suffragan dioceses

Sources and external links

^ "Resignations and Appointments". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2024-02-14.

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[1] "Resignations and Appointments". press.vatican.va. Retrieved 2024-02-14.

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Province of Arequipa	Archdiocese of Arequipa Diocese of Puno Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua Prelature of Ayaviri Prelature of Chuquibamba Prelature of Juli Prelature of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané
Province of Ayacucho	Archdiocese of Ayacucho Diocese of Huancavelica Prelature of Caravelí
Province of Cusco	Archdiocese of Cusco Diocese of Abancay Diocese of Sicuani Prelature of Chuquibambilla
Province of Huancayo	Archdiocese of Huancayo Diocese of Huánuco Diocese of Tarma
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