Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Chuquibamba

Territorial Prelature of Chuquibamba Praelatura Territorialis Chuquibambensis
Location
Country	Peru
Metropolitan	Arequipa
Statistics
Area	22,151 km2 (8,553 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 138,416 135,647 (98.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Bishop	Jorge Enrique Izaguirre Rafael, C.S.C.
Bishops emeritus	Mario Busquets Jordá

The Territorial Prelature of Chuquibamba (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Chuquibambensis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Chuquibamba in the ecclesiastical province of Arequipa in Peru.

History

On 5 June 1962, the Territorial Prelature of Chuquibamba was established.

Ordinaries

• Prelates of Chuquibamba (Roman rite)
  • Redento Maria Gauci, O. Carm. (5 June 1962 – February 1977)
  • Lorenzo Miccheli Filippetti, O.S.A. (12 August 1976 – 16 July 1986)
  • Luis Baldo Riva, C.Ss.R. (27 June 1977 – 27 June 1983)
  • Felipe María Zalba Elizalde, O.P. (29 February 1984 – 19 October 1999)
  • Mario Busquets Jordá (25 January 2001 – 11 May 2015)
  • Jorge Izaguirre Rafael, CSC (11 May 2015 – present)

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy