Territorial Prelature of Caravelí
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The Territorial Prelature of Caravelí is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Caravelí
in the Ecclesiastical province
of Ayacucho in Peru.
Caravelí
Caravelí is a town in Southern Peru, capital of the province Caravelí in the region Arequipa. It is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Caravelí.-References:...
in the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of Ayacucho in Peru.
History
- The Territorial Prelature of Caravelí was established on December 14, 1996 from the Metropolitan Diocese of Ayacucho and Metropolitan Diocese of Arequipa
Leadership
- Prelates of Caravelí (Roman rite)
- Bishop Juan Carlos Vera Plasencia, M.S.C. (June 18, 2005 - present)
- Bishop Bernhard Franz Kühnel Langer, M.S.C. (January 26, 1983 - June 18, 2005)
- Bishop Federico Kaiser Depel, M.S.C. (November 21, 1957 - May 25, 1971)