Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarma
Diocese of Tarma Dioecesis Tarmensis | |
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Cathedral of St. Ann | |
Location | |
Country | Peru |
Ecclesiastical province | Huancayo |
Statistics | |
Area | 13,032 km2 (5,032 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 614,795 522,575 (85.0%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Catedral Santa Ana |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Timoteo Solórzano Rojas, M.S.C. |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tarma (Latin: Tarmensis) is a diocese located in the city of Tarma in the ecclesiastical province of Huancayo in Peru.
History
[edit]- 15 May 1958: Established as Territorial Prelature of Tarma from the Diocese of Huancayo and Diocese of Huánuco
- 21 December 1985: Promoted as Diocese of Tarma
Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order
[edit]- Bishops of Tarma (Roman rite), below
- Bishop Timoteo Solórzano Rojas, M.S.C. (2022.06.18 – ...)
- Bishop Luis Alberto Barrera Pacheco, M.C.C.I. (2016.10.25 – 2021.04.17), appointed Bishop of Callao
- Bishop Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia (2001.06.13 – 2014.10.28), appointed Archbishop of Cuzco
- Bishop Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre, S.M. (1992.11.21 – 2001.06.13), appointed Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga
- Bishop Lorenzo Unfried Gimpel, M.C.C.I. (1985.12.21 – 1988.11.29); see below
- Prelates of Tarma (Roman rite), below
- Bishop Lorenzo Unfried Gimpel, M.C.C.I. (1980.09.19 – 1985.12.21); see above
- Bishop Antonio Kühner y Kühner, M.C.C.I. (1958.05.15 – 1980.07.24), appointed Bishop of Huánuco
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