Territorial Prelature of Yauyos
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The Territorial Prelature of Yauyos is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Yauyos
in the Ecclesiastical province
of Lima
in Peru.
Yauyos
Yauyos is a town in Central Peru, capital of the province Yauyos in the region Lima. The city is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Yauyos....
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 Lima
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima
The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima is part of the Roman Catholic Church in Peru which enjoys full communion with the Holy See. The Archdiocese was founded as the Diocese of Lima on 14 May 1541. The diocese was raised to the level of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Paul III on ...
in Peru.
History
- On April 12, 1957, the Territorial Prelature of Yauyos was established from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima
Leadership
- Prelates of Yauyos (Roman rite)
- Bishop Ricardo García García (October 12, 2004 – Present)
- Bishop Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez (later Archbishop) (March 15, 1997 – November 29, 2003)
- Bishop Luis Sánchez-Moreno LiraLuis Sánchez-Moreno LiraLuis Sánchez-Moreno Lira was the Peruvian Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa....
(later Archbishop) (April 26, 1968 – March 2, 1996) - Bishop Ignacio María de Orbegozo y Goicoechea (April 12, 1957 – April 26, 1968)