- Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarma
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Diocese of Tarma
Dioecesis TarmensisLocation Country Peru Metropolitan Huancayo Statistics Area 13,032 km2 (5,032 sq mi) Population
- Total
- Catholics(as of 2004)
614,795
522,575 (85.0%)Information Rite Latin Rite Cathedral Catedral Santa Ana Current leadership Bishop Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarma (Latin: Tarmen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Tarma in the Ecclesiastical province of Huancayo in Peru.
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History
- May 15, 1958: Established as Territorial Prelature of Tarma from the Diocese of Huancayo and Diocese of Huánuco
- December 21, 1985: Promoted as Diocese of Tarma
Leadership
- Bishops of Tarma (Roman rite)
- Bishop Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia (2001.06.13 – present)
- Archbishop Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre, S.M. (1992.11.21 – 2001.06.13)
- Bishop Lorenzo Unfried Gimpel, M.C.C.I. (1985.12.21 – 1988.11.29)
- Prelates of Tarma (Roman rite)
- Bishop Lorenzo Unfried Gimpel, M.C.C.I. (1980.09.19 – 1985.12.21)
- Bishop Antonio Kühner y Kühner, M.C.C.I. (1958.05.15 – 1980.07.24)
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