Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa

Archdiocese of Arequipa Archidioecesis Arequipensis Arquidiócese de Arequipa
Cathedral Basilica of St. Mary
Location
Country	Peru
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 952,000 857,000 (90.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Catedral Basílica Santa María
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Javier Augusto Del Río Alba
Website
www.arzobispadoarequipa.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa (Latin: Arequipensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Arequipa in Peru. It was erected by Pope Gregory XIII on 15 April 1577 at the request of King Phillip II of Spain.

History

• 15 April 1577: Established as Diocese of Arequipa from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima
• 23 May 1943: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa

Ordinaries

• Archbishops of Arequipa (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Javier del Río Alba (2006.10.20 – Present)
  • Archbishop José Paulino Ríos Reynoso (2003.11.29 – 2006.10.20)
  • Archbishop Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira (1996.03.02 – 2003.11.29)
  • Archbishop Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. (1980.09.26 – 1996.03.02)
  • Archbishop Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. (1946.06.13 – 1980.07.07)
  • Archbishop Mariano Holguin, O.F.M. (1943.05.23 – 1945.12.24)
• Bishops of Arequipa (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Mariano Holguin, O.F.M. (1906.05.30 – 1943.05.23)
  • Bishop Emanuele Secondo Ballón (1898.08.25 – 1906)
  • Bishop Juan María Ambrosio Huerta (1880.08.20 – 1896)
  • Bishop José Benedicto Torres (1868.06.22 – 1880)
  • Bishop José Lucas Barranco (1866 – 1868?)
  • Bishop Juan Calienes (1865 – 1866)
  • Fr. José Manuel Vargas (1864 – 1864)
  • Bishop Bartolomé Herrera (1860 – 1864)
  • Archbishop José Sebastian Goyeneche Barreda (1817.04.14 – 1859.09.26)
  • Bishop Luis La Encina Díaz y Pereiro (1805.09.09 – 1816.01.16)
  • Bishop Pedro José Chávez de la Rosa (1786.12.18 – 1805.05.09)
  • Bishop Miguel González Bassecourt, O.F.M. Cap. (1781.12.10 – 1784.12.10)
  • Bishop Manuel de Abad e Illanar, O. Praem. (1771.06.17 – 1780.02.01)
  • Bishop Diego de Salguero y Cabrera, C.O. (1763.07.18 – 1769.12.02)
  • Bishop Jacinto Aguado y Chacón, C.O. (1755.02.17 – 1762.07.18)
  • Bishop Juan González Melgarejo, C.O. (1753.11.26 – 1754.03.06)
  • Bishop Juan Bravo de Rivero y Correa, C.O. (1743.01.28 – 1752.05.22)
  • Bishop Juan Cavero de Toledo (1725 – 1741)
  • Bishop Juan Bravo Otálora de Lagunas (1714.11.19 – 1722)
  • Fr. Juan de Argüelles, O.S.A. (1711 – 1713)
  • Bishop Antonio de León y Becerra (1677 – 1708.08.28)
  • Bishop Juan de la Calle y Heredia, O. de M. (1674.07.10 – 1676.02.15)
  • Archbishop Juan de Almoguera, O.SS.T. (1659 – 1674)
  • Archbishop Gaspar de Villarroel, O.S.A. (1651.12.11 – 1659.01.27)
  • Bishop Agustín Ligarte y Saravia (1641 – 1648)
  • Archbishop Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco (1632.08.02 – 1640.07.16)
  • Bishop Pedro de Perea Díaz, O.S.A. (1617.09.04 – 1631)
  • Bishop Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano, O.P. (1615.09.16 – 1615.12.19)
  • Archbishop Cristóbal Rodríguez Juárez, O.P. (1612.10.07 – 1613.11.04)
  • Bishop Antonio de Hervias, O.P. (1577.04.15 – 1579.01.09)

Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Puno
• Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua
• Territorial Prelature of Ayaviri
• Territorial Prelature of Chuquibamba
• Territorial Prelature of Juli

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Peru