Territorial Prelature of Caravelí

Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Territorial Prelature
name= Caravelí
latin= Territorialis Praelatura Caraveliensis
country= Peru| metropolitan=Ayacucho
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral =
cocathedral =
area= 29,229
population= 115,000
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 105,000
catholics_percent= 91.3
bishop= Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C.
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =

The Territorial Prelature of Caravelí {Latin: " Territorialis Praelatura Caravelien(sis)"} is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Caravelí in the Ecclesiastical province of Ayacucho in Peru.

History

* The Territorial Prelature of Caravelí was established on December 14, 1996 from the Metropolitan Diocese of Ayacucho and Metropolitan Diocese of Arequipa

Leadership

* Prelates of Caravelí (Roman rite)
** Bishop Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C. (June 18, 2005 - present)
** Bishop Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer, M.S.C. (January 26, 1983 - June 18, 2005)
** Bishop Federico Kaiser Depel, M.S.C. (November 21, 1957 - May 25, 1971)

References

* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/cara5.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dcrvl.html Catholic Hierarchy]