Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba
Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba Praelatura Territorialis Moyobambensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Peru |
Metropolitan | Trujillo |
Statistics | |
Area | 45,775 km2 (17,674 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 692,232 553,785 (80.0%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea |
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The Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Moyobambensis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Moyobamba in the ecclesiastical province of Trujillo in Peru.
History
[edit]- March 7, 1948: Established as Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba from the Diocese of Chachapoyas
Bishops
[edit]- Prelates of Moyobamba (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
- Bishop Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea (July 21, 2007 – Present)
- Bishop José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. (June 6, 2000 – July 21, 2007)
- Bishop Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. (August 25, 1967 – June 6, 2000)
- Bishop Martin Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi, C.P. (January 15, 1949 – December 30, 1966)
Coadjutor prelates
[edit]- José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. (1998-2000)
- Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea (2006-2007)
References
[edit]- GCatholic.org
- Catholic Hierarchy
- Prelature website (Spanish) Archived 2008-06-30 at the Wayback Machine