Diocese of Huarí Dioecesis Huariensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Peru |
| Ecclesiastical province | Trujillo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 23,000 km2 (8,900 sq mi) |
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| Parishes | 20 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 15 May 1958 (67 years ago) |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Vacant |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra MoriSJ |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Giorgio Barbetta |
TheDiocese of Huarí (Latin:Dioecesis Huariensis) is aLatin Church ecclesiastical territory ordiocese of theCatholic Church inPeru. Erected as a Territorial Prelature in 1958, elevation to a full diocese occurred in April 2008. It is asuffragan diocese in theecclesiastical province of themetropolitanArchdiocese of Trujillo.
On 15 May 1958Pope Pius XII established theTerritorial Prelature of Huarí with territory taken from theHuánuco and theDiocese of Huaraz. It was elevated to a diocese byPope Benedict XVI on 2 April 2008.[1][2]
| Province of Arequipa | |
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| Province of Ayacucho | |
| Province of Cusco | |
| Province of Huancayo | |
| Province of Lima | |
| Province of Piura | |
| Province of Trujillo | |
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