- Roman Catholic Diocese of Cajamarca
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Diocese of Cajamarca
Dioecesis CaiamarcensisLocation Country Peru Metropolitan Trujillo Statistics Area 15,333 km2 (5,920 sq mi) Population
- Total
- Catholics(as of 2006)
844,000
804,000 (95.3%)Information Rite Latin Rite Cathedral Catedral Santa Catalina Current leadership Bishop José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cajamarca (Latin: Caiamarcen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Cajamarca in the Ecclesiastical province of Trujillo in Peru.
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History
- April 5, 1908: Established as Diocese of Cajamarca from the Diocese of Chachapoyas and Diocese of Trujillo
Leadership
- Bishops of Cajamarca (Roman rite)
- Bishop José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R. (2004.10.12 – present)
- Bishop Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno (1995.03.18 – 2004.02.04)
- 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)
- Bishop Teodosio Moreno Quintana (1940.12.15 – 1947.06.27)
- 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)
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