The Diocese of Abancay is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Peru. It was erected on April 28, 1958 from the territory of the Archdiocese of Cuzco with Alcides Mendoza Castro being made its first bishop. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuzco.
Diocese of Abancay Dioecesis Abancaiensis | |
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 The cathedral | |
| Location | |
| Country | Peru |
| Ecclesiastical province | Cuzco |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 12,950 km2 (5,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2005) 335,628 310,628 (92.6%) |
| Parishes | 17 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Secular priests | 58 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Gilberto Gómez González |
Gilberto Gómez González has been the bishop of the diocese since 2009.
Bishops
editOrdinaries
edit- Alcides Mendoza Castro (1962–1967), appointed Archbishop (personal title) of Peru, Military
- Enrique Pélach y Feliú (1968–1992)
- Isidro Sala Ribera (1992–2009)
- Gilberto Gómez González (2009– )
Coadjutor bishop
edit- Isidro Sala Ribera (1990-1992)
Auxiliary bishops
edit- Alcides Mendoza Castro (1958-1962), appointed Bishop here
- Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez (1983-1986), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco
- Isidro Sala Ribera (1986-1990), appointed Coadjutor here
- Gilberto Gómez González (2001-2009), appointed Bishop here
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
edit- Gabino Miranda Melgarejo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga in 2004