Roman Catholic Diocese of Abancay
Diocese of Abancay Dioecesis Abancaiensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 12,950 km2 (5,000 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2005) 335,628 310,628 (16.4%) |
| Parishes | 17 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Secular priests | 58 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Gilberto Gómez González |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Abancay is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Peru. It was erected on April 28, 1958 from the territory of the Archdiocese of Cuzco with Alcides Mendoza Castro being made its first bishop. It is a suffragan see to the Archdiocese of Cuzco.
Gilberto Gómez González has been the bishop of the diocese since 2009.
Ordinaries
- Alcides Mendoza Castro (1962–1967)
- Enrique Pélach y Feliú (1968–1992)
- Isidro Sala Ribera (1992–2009)
- Gilberto Gómez González (2009– )
Sources
See also
List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Peru
| Province of Arequipa | |
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| Province of Ayacucho | |
| Province of Cusco | |
| Province of Huancayo | |
| Province of Lima | |
| Province of Piura | |
| Province of Trujillo | |
| Sui iuris jurisdictions |
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