Roman Catholic Diocese of Cajamarca

Diocese of Cajamarca Dioecesis Caiamarcensis
Cathedral of St. Catherine
Location
Country	Peru
Ecclesiastical province	Trujillo
Statistics
Area	15,333 km2 (5,920 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 844,000 804,000 (95.3%)
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Catedral Santa Catalina
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Isaac-C. Martínez Chuquizana, M.S.A.
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The Diocese of Cajamarca (Latin: Caiamarcen(sis)) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Cajamarca, Peru. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo.

History

• April 5, 1908: Established as Diocese of Cajamarca from the Diocese of Chachapoyas and Diocese of Trujillo

Leadership

• Bishops of Cajamarca, in reverse chronological order
  • Bishop Isaac-C. Martínez Chuquizana, M.S.A. (2021.10.23 – present)
  • Bishop José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R. (2004.10.12 – 2021.10.23)
  • Bishop Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno (1995.03.18 – 2004.02.04), appointed Bishop of Chimbote
  • Archbishop Matias Patrício de Macêdo (1990.07.12 – 2000.07.12)
  • Bishop José Antonio Dammert Bellido (1962.03.19 – 1992.12.01)
  • Bishop Nemesio Rivera Meza (1960.01.28 – 1961.07.08)
  • Bishop Pablo Ramírez Taboado, SS.CC. (1947.09.05 – 1960.01.28), appointed Bishop of Huacho
  • Bishop Teodosio Moreno Quintana (1940.12.15 – 1947.06.27), appointed Bishop of Huánuco
  • Bishop Giovanni Giuseppe Guillén y Salazar, C.M. (1933.12.21 – 1937.09.16)
  • Bishop Antonio Rafael Villanueva, O.F.M. (1928 – 1933.08.02)
  • Bishop Francesco di Paolo Grozo (1910.03.21 – 1928)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Peru

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy