Roman Catholic Diocese of Chimbote

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Diocese of Chimbote
Dioecesis Cimbotiensis
Statistics
Country: Peru
Metropolitan: Trujillo
Rite: Latin Rite
Area: 23,500 km²
Population:
  Total:
  Catholics:
655,000 (2004)
570,000 (87.0%)
Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen
y San Pedro
(Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
and St. Peter)
Ordinaries
Bishop: Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chimbote {Latin: Cimbotien(sis)} is a diocese located in the city of Chimbote in the Ecclesiastical province of Trujillo in Peru.

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[edit] History

  • November 26, 1962: Established as Territorial Prelature of Chimbote
  • April 6, 1983: Promoted as Diocese of Chimbote

[edit] Leadership

  • Bishops of Chimbote (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno (2004.02.04 – present)
    • Bishop Luis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, S.J. (1983.04.06 – 2004.02.04)
  • Prelates of Chimbote (Roman rite)
    • Bishop Luis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, S.J. (1978.06.02 – 1983.04.06)
    • Bishop James Edward Charles Burke, O.P. (1965.03.08 – 1978.06.02)
Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen y San Pedro (Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St. Peter)
Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen
y San Pedro
(Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
and St. Peter)

[edit] See also

[edit] Source

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