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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima

Coordinates: 12°02′48″S 77°01′47″W / 12.0466°S 77.0298°W / -12.0466; -77.0298
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Archdiocese of Lima

Archidioecesis Limana
Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist
Location
Country Peru
Ecclesiastical provinceLima
Statistics
Area639 km2 (247 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
3,582,000
3,224,000 (90%)
Parishes113
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established14 May 1541 (483 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Basílica San Juan Apóstol y Evangelista
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopJuan Luis Cipriani Thorne
Auxiliary BishopsRaúl Antonio Chau Quispe
Adriano Tomasi Travaglia, O.F.M.
Bishops emeritusMario Renato Cornejo Radavero (Auxiliary)
Map
Website
www.arzobispadodelima.org
The Archbishop's Palace of Lima is the seat of the Archdiocese of Lima

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima (Template:Lang-la) 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 12 February 1546. One of its archbishops was the saint Torribio Mogrovejo.[1][2][3]

The suffragan dioceses are: Callao, Carabayllo, Chosica, Huacho, Ica and Lurin. Since 1999 the Archbishop of Lima is Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne. The Archbishop's Palace of Lima is the headquarters of the archdiocese.

Ordinaries

Diocese of Lima

Erected: 14 May 1541

Archdiocese of Lima

Elevated: 12 February 1546

Auxiliary bishops

References

  1. ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Lima" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  2. ^ "Archdiocese of Lima" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  4. ^ "Archbishop Diego Gómez de Lamadrid, O.SS.T." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  5. ^ "Archbishop St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  6. ^ "Archbishop Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  7. ^ "Archbishop Gonzalo del Campo (López de Ocampo)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  8. ^ "Archbishop Hernando de Arias y Ugarte" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  9. ^ "Archbishop Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  10. ^ "Archbishop Juan de Almoguera, O.SS.T." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  11. ^ "Archbishop Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
  12. ^ "Archbishop Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, O.SS.T." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  13. ^ "Bishop Francisco Cisneros y Mendoza" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016


12°02′48″S 77°01′47″W / 12.0466°S 77.0298°W / -12.0466; -77.0298