Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua (Latin: Dioecesis Tacnensis et Moqueguensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa in southern Peru, comprising the lay administrative regions Tacna Region and Moquegua region.

Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua Dioecesis Tacnensis et Moqueguensis Tacna y Moquegua
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
Location
Country	Peru
Ecclesiastical province	Arequipa
Statistics
Area	30,539 km2 (11,791 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 625,000 556,000 (89%)
Parishes	38
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	18 December 1944 (79 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Co-cathedral	Co-Catedral Santa Catalina
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Marco Antonio Cortez Lara

Co-Cathedral of St. Catherine

History

On 18 December 1944 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Tacna from the territory of the Archdiocese of Arequipa. John Paul II renamed it the Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua on 11 July 1992.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Carlos Alberto Arce Masías † (6 Jul 1945 – 17 Dec 1956) Appointed, Bishop of Huánuco
• Alfonso Zaplana Bellizza † (17 Dec 1957 – 28 Apr 1973)
• Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor † (5 Oct 1973 – 9 Sep 1981) Appointed, Archbishop of Piura
• Oscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, S. M. † (16 Dec 1982 – 13 Feb 1991)
• José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins † (6 Jun 1991 – 1 Sep 2006)
• Marco Antonio Cortez Lara (1 Sep 2006 – present)

Coadjutor bishops

• José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona (2000-2004), did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Huaraz
• Marco Antonio Cortez Lara (2005-2006)

Other priest of this diocese who became a bishop

• José Germán Benavides Morriberón †, appointed Bishop of Chachapoyas in 1958