Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima
The Archbishop's Palace of Lima is the seat of the Archdiocese of Lima
Lima Cathedral is the Cathedral seat of the Archbishop of Lima

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima is part of the Roman Catholic Church in Peru which enjoys full communion with the Holy See. The Archdiocese was founded as the Diocese of Lima on 14 May 1541. The diocese was raised to the level of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Paul III on 12 February 1546. One of its archbishops was the saint Torribio Mogrovejo.[1]

The suffragan dioceses are: Callao, Carabayllo, Chosica, Huacho, Ica and Lurin. Since 1999 the Archbishop of Lima is Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne. The Archbishop's Palace of Lima is the headquarters of the archdiocese.

List of Archbishops since 1630

  • Hernando de Arias y Ugarte (1630 - 27 Jan 1638)
  • Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco (16 Jul 1640 - 12 May 1671)
  • Juan de Almoguera, O.SS.T. (6 May 1674 - 2 Mar 1676)
  • Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros (14 Jun 1677 - 28 Jun 1708)
  • Antonio de Zuloaga (21 May 1714 - 21 Jan 1722)
  • Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, O.SS.T. (12 May 1723 - 12 Mar 1730)
  • Juan Francisco Antonio de Escandón, C.R. (1732 - 28 Apr 1739)
  • José Antonio Gutiérrez y Ceballos (11 Nov 1740 - 16 Jan 1745)
  • Agustín Rodríguez Delgado (14 Jun 1746 - 18 Dec 1746)
  • Pedro de Barroeta Angel (18 Sep 1748 - 19 Dec 1757)
  • Diego del Corro (13 Mar 1758 - 28 Jan 1761)
  • Diego de Parada (25 Jan 1762 - 23 Apr 1779)
  • Juan González de la Reguera (18 Sep 1780 - 8 Mar 1805)
  • Bartolomé María de las Heras Navarro (31 Mar 1806 - 6 Sep 1823)
  • Jorge de Benavente (23 Jun 1834 - 10 Mar 1839)
  • Francisco de Sales Arrieta (13 Jul 1840 - 4 May 1843)
  • Francisco Luna Pizzarro (24 Apr 1845 - 4 Feb 1855)
  • José Manuel Pasquel (28 Sep 1855 - 15 Oct 1857)
  • José Sebastian Goyeneche Barreda (26 Sep 1859 - 19 Feb 1872)
  • Manuel Teodoro del Valle (29 Aug 1872 - 19 Nov 1872)
  • Francisco Orueta y Castrillón (21 Mar 1873 - ?)
  • Manuel Antonio Bandini (1889 - 1898)
  • Manuel Tovar y Chamorro (22 Aug 1898 - 25 May 1907)
  • Pietro García Naranjo (19 Dec 1907 - 10 Sep 1917)
  • Emilio Lisson Chaves, C.M. (25 Feb 1918 - 3 Mar 1931)
  • Pedro Farfán (18 Sep 1933 - 17 Sep 1945)
  • Cardinal Juan Guevara (16 Dec 1945 - 27 Nov 1954)
  • Cardinal Juan Landázuri Ricketts, O.F.M. (2 May 1955 - 30 Dec 1989)
  • Cardinal Augusto Vargas Alzamora, S.J. (30 Dec 1989 - 9 Jan 1999 )
  • Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (9 Jan 1999 - )

References

  1. ^  "Archdiocese of Lima". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. 

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