Diocese of Huacho

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Huacho (Latin: Huachen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Huacho in the ecclesiastical province of Lima in Peru.

Diocese of Huacho Dioecesis Huachensis
Cathedral of St. Batholomew
Location
Country	Peru
Metropolitan	Lima
Statistics
Area	14,227 km2 (5,493 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2006) 482,000 456,000 (94.6%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Catedral San Bartolomé
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Antonio Santarsiero Rosa, O.S.I.

History

• 15 May 1958: Established as Diocese of Huacho from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima

Ordinaries

• Nemesio Rivera Meza (15 May 1958 – 28 January 1960), appointed Bishop of Cajamarca
• Pablo Ramírez Taboado, SS.CC. (28 January 1960 – 19 December 1966)
• Lorenzo León Alvarado (3 August 1967 – 22 April 2003)
• Antonio Santarsiero Rosa, O.S.I. (since 4 February 2004)

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Peru

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website Archived 7 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine