Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Chota
Roman Catholic territorial prelature in Peru
Territorial Prelature of Chota Praelatura Territorialis Chotensis | |
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Metropolitan | Piura |
Statistics | |
Area | 6,823 km2 (2,634 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 338,000 216,000 (93.5%) |
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Rite | Latin Rite |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Víctor Emiliano Villegas Suclupe, O.A.R. |
The Territorial Prelature of Chota (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Chotensis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature, an administrative division not within a diocese, located in the city of Chota in the ecclesiastical province of Piura in Peru.
History
- 7 April 1963: Established as Territorial Prelature of Chota
Ordinaries
Prelates of Chota (Roman rite)
- Bishop Florentino Armas Lerena, O.A.R. (April 7, 1963 – August 17, 1976)
- Bishop José Arana Berruete, O.A.R. (January 24, 1979 – October 27, 1992)
- Bishop Emiliano Antonio Cisneros Martínez, O.A.R. (December 7, 1993 – March 27, 2002), appointed Bishop of Chachapoyas
- Bishop José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R. (March 27, 2002 – October 12, 2004), appointed Bishop of Cajamarca
- Bishop Fortunato Urcey, O.A.R. (October 15, 2005 – July 2, 2022)
- Bishop Víctor Emiliano Villegas Suclupe, O.A.R. (July 2, 2022 – present)
References
- GCatholic.org
- Catholic Hierarchy
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- Archdiocese of Piura
- Diocese of Chachapoyas
- Diocese of Chiclayo
- Diocese of Chulucanas
- Prelature of Chota
- Military Ordinariate of Peru
- Vicariate Apostolic of Iquitos
- Vicariate Apostolic of Jaén en Peru o San Francisco Javier
- Vicariate Apostolic of Pucallpa
- Vicariate Apostolic of Puerto Maldonado
- Vicariate Apostolic of Requena
- Vicariate Apostolic of San José de Amazonas
- Vicariate Apostolic of San Ramón
- Vicariate Apostolic of Yurimaguas
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