Ayacucho o Huamanga (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón, Archbishop

Suffragan Dioceses

Caravelí (Territorial Prelature)
Huancavélica

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 30 June 1966
Metropolitan See
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
Country: Peru
Square Kilometers: 43,815 (16,923 Square Miles)
Mailing Address: Arzobispado, Apartado 30, Jr. 28 de Julio 148, Huamanga, Ayacucho, Peru
Telephone: (66)31.23.67
Fax: (same)

Historical Details

Diocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga)
- Latin Name: Ayacuquensis o Huamangensis
- Erected: 20 July 1609
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Cuzco
- Country: Peru

Past and Present Ordinaries

Agustín de Carvajal, O.S.A. † (7 May 1612 Appointed - 19 Aug 1618 Died)
Francisco Verdugo Cabrera † (14 Mar 1622 Appointed - 20 Jul 1636 Died)
Gabriel de Zarate, O.P. † (14 Dec 1637 Confirmed - 1638 Died)
Antonio Corderiña Vega, O.S.A. † (26 May 1642 Confirmed - 1649 Died)
Andrés García de Zurita † ( 1649 Succeeded - 4 Apr 1650 Appointed, Bishop of Trujillo)
Francisco de Godoy † (2 May 1650 Appointed - 1 Sep 1659 Appointed, Bishop of Trujillo)
Cipriano Medina, O.P. † (16 Feb 1660 Appointed - 1664 Died)
Vasco Jacinto de Contreras y Valverde † (7 Jun 1666 Appointed - 1668 Died)
Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora † (11 Jun 1668 Appointed - 8 Nov 1677 Appointed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas)
Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa † (12 Jun 1679 Appointed - 15 Nov 1688 Appointed, Bishop of Quito)
Francisco Luis de Bruna Rico † (6 Dec 1688 Appointed - 1689 Died)
Mateo Delgado † (12 Dec 1689 Appointed - Jul 1695 Died)
Diego Ladrón de Guevara † (11 Apr 1699 Appointed - 15 Sep 1704 Appointed, Bishop of Quito)
Francisco de Deza y Ulloa † (17 Dec 1716 Appointed - 22 Apr 1722 Died)
Alfonso Roldán, O.S.Bas. † (30 Aug 1723 Appointed - 22 Feb 1741 Died)
Miguel Bernardino de la Fuenta y Rojas † (7 Aug 1741 Confirmed - 1742 Died)
Francisco Gutiérrez Galeano, O. de M. † (25 Jan 1745 Confirmed - 12 Oct 1748 Died)
Felipe Manrique de Lara † (23 Feb 1750 Confirmed - 31 Jan 1763 Died)
José Luis de Lila y Moreno, O.S.A. † (20 Aug 1764 Confirmed - 25 Dec 1768 Died)
Miguel Moreno y Ollo † (12 Mar 1770 Appointed - Feb 1780 Died)
Francisco López Sánchez † (10 Dec 1781 Appointed - 2 Mar 1790 Died)
Bartolomé Fabro Palacios † (11 Apr 1791 Appointed - 10 Jul 1795 Died)
Francisco Matienzo † (27 Jun 1796 Appointed - 1802 Died)
José Antonio Martínez de Aldunate † (26 Mar 1804 Appointed - 8 Apr 1811 Died)
José Vicente Silva Avilés y Olave Salaverría † (15 Mar 1815 Appointed - 26 Oct 1816 Died)
Pedro Gutiérrez de Cos y Saavedra Seminario † (16 Mar 1818 Appointed - 13 Mar 1826 Confirmed, Bishop of Puerto Rico (Porto Rico))
Juan Rodríguez Reymúndez † (17 Sep 1838 Confirmed - Did Not Take Effect)
Santiago José O’ Phelan Recabarren † (12 Jul 1841 Confirmed - 22 Sep 1857 Died)
José Francisco Ezequiel Moreyra † (27 Mar 1865 Confirmed - 23 Mar 1874 Died)
Juan José de Polo Valenzuela † (17 Sep 1875 Confirmed - 2 Nov 1882 Died)
Julian Cáceres Negrón † (19 Jan 1893 Confirmed - 21 Feb 1900 Resigned)
Fidel Olivas Escudero † (19 Apr 1900 Appointed - 12 Apr 1935 Died)
Francesco Solano Muente y Campos, O.F.M. † (30 May 1936 Appointed - 21 Jul 1939 Resigned)
Víctor Álvarez Huapaya, S.D.B. † (15 Dec 1940 Appointed - 2 Mar 1958 Died)
Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B. † (28 Aug 1958 Appointed - 20 Nov 1979 Resigned)
Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. † (20 Nov 1979 Succeeded - 23 May 1991 Retired)
Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (13 May 1995 Appointed - 9 Jan 1999 Appointed, Archbishop of Lima)
Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre, S.M. † (13 Jun 2001 Appointed - 6 Aug 2011 Retired)
Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón (6 Aug 2011 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga)
20 July 1609	Erected	Diocese of Cuzco	Diocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga) (erected)
28 May 1803	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga) Diocese of Cuenca Archdiocese of Lima Diocese of Popayán Diocese of Quito Diocese of Trujillo	Diocese of Maynas (erected)
5 February 1900	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga) Diocese of Huánuco	Prefecture Apostolic of Ucayali (erected)
23 May 1943	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga) (from Lima to Cuzco)
18 December 1944	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga) (Huancavelica)	Diocese of Huancavélica (erected)
10 August 1946	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga) (Chavin (in Ica)) Archdiocese of Lima (Ica (Ingenio, Lurén, Nazca, Palpa, Pueblo Nuevo, San Jerónimo de Ica, San Juan, Carmen, Chincha Alta, Chincha Baja, Sunampe, Humay, and Pisco))	Diocese of Ica (erected)
21 November 1957	Territory Lost	Diocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga) (Part of Lucanas) Archdiocese of Arequipa (La Unión, Condesuyos, and Caraveli)	Territorial Prelature of Caravelí (erected)
Archdiocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga
30 June 1966	Elevated	Diocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga)	Archdiocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Diocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga)

1950 520,543 531,166 98.0% 56 17 73 7,130 26 98 63 ap1951

1959 300,000 300,000 100.0% 50 15 65 4,615 11 82 50 ap1960

Archdiocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga

1966 680,562 .0% 60 21 81 0 28 118 42 ap1967

1970 350,000 400,000 87.5% 1 4 5 70,000 4 41 ap1971

1976 350,000 400,200 87.5% 38 10 48 7,291 15 93 47 ap1977

1980 360,850 407,100 88.6% 34 8 42 8,591 17 74 47 ap1981

1990 810,000 1,020,000 79.4% 24 6 30 27,000 8 111 20 ap1991

1999 554,000 584,000 94.9% 30 14 44 12,590 15 117 30 ap2000

2000 393,365 491,706 80.0% 25 14 39 10,086 17 111 47 ap2001

2001 369,500 492,706 75.0% 22 14 36 10,263 19 99 47 ap2002

2002 346,000 493,706 70.1% 33 13 46 7,521 18 114 48 ap2003

2003 324,162 498,710 65.0% 33 13 46 7,047 17 114 48 ap2004

2004 299,646 499,410 60.0% 32 12 44 6,810 16 119 24 ap2005

2006 297,000 511,000 58.1% 35 11 46 6,456 3 21 130 24 ap2007

2012 560,660 659,600 85.0% 42 15 57 9,836 21 123 50 ap2013

2015 578,977 681,149 85.0% 38 15 53 10,924 18 124 50 ap2016

2018 598,145 703,700 85.0% 32 16 48 12,461 18 123 50 ap2019

2020 585,359 688,657 85.0% 36 16 52 11,256 17 129 50 ap2021

2022 601,269 707,388 85.0% 40 14 54 11,134 15 112 50 ap2023

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Diocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga)
1950	520,543	531,166	98.0%	56	17	73	7,130		26	98	63	ap1951
1959	300,000	300,000	100.0%	50	15	65	4,615		11	82	50	ap1960
Archdiocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga
1966		680,562	.0%	60	21	81	0		28	118	42	ap1967
1970	350,000	400,000	87.5%	1	4	5	70,000		4		41	ap1971
1976	350,000	400,200	87.5%	38	10	48	7,291		15	93	47	ap1977
1980	360,850	407,100	88.6%	34	8	42	8,591		17	74	47	ap1981
1990	810,000	1,020,000	79.4%	24	6	30	27,000		8	111	20	ap1991
1999	554,000	584,000	94.9%	30	14	44	12,590		15	117	30	ap2000
2000	393,365	491,706	80.0%	25	14	39	10,086		17	111	47	ap2001
2001	369,500	492,706	75.0%	22	14	36	10,263		19	99	47	ap2002
2002	346,000	493,706	70.1%	33	13	46	7,521		18	114	48	ap2003
2003	324,162	498,710	65.0%	33	13	46	7,047		17	114	48	ap2004
2004	299,646	499,410	60.0%	32	12	44	6,810		16	119	24	ap2005
2006	297,000	511,000	58.1%	35	11	46	6,456	3	21	130	24	ap2007
2012	560,660	659,600	85.0%	42	15	57	9,836		21	123	50	ap2013
2015	578,977	681,149	85.0%	38	15	53	10,924		18	124	50	ap2016
2018	598,145	703,700	85.0%	32	16	48	12,461		18	123	50	ap2019
2020	585,359	688,657	85.0%	36	16	52	11,256		17	129	50	ap2021
2022	601,269	707,388	85.0%	40	14	54	11,134		15	112	50	ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B. † (Bishop: 28 Aug 1958; Archbishop: 30 Jun 1966 to 20 Nov 1979)
Víctor Álvarez Huapaya, S.D.B. † (Bishop: 15 Dec 1940 to 2 Mar 1958)
Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa † (Bishop: 12 Jun 1679 to 15 Nov 1688)
Francisco Luis de Bruna Rico † (Bishop: 6 Dec 1688 to 1689)
Julian Cáceres Negrón † (Bishop: 19 Jan 1893 to 21 Feb 1900)
Agustín de Carvajal, O.S.A. † (Bishop: 7 May 1612 to 19 Aug 1618)
Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora † (Bishop: 11 Jun 1668 to 8 Nov 1677)
Vasco Jacinto de Contreras y Valverde † (Bishop: 7 Jun 1666 to 1668)
Antonio Corderiña Vega, O.S.A. † (Bishop: 26 May 1642 to 1649)
Mateo Delgado † (Bishop: 12 Dec 1689 to Jul 1695)
Francisco de Deza y Ulloa † (Bishop: 17 Dec 1716 to 22 Apr 1722)
Bartolomé Fabro Palacios † (Bishop: 11 Apr 1791 to 10 Jul 1795)
Andrés García de Zurita † (Coadjutor Bishop: 10 Feb 1648; Bishop: 1649 to 4 Apr 1650)
Francisco de Godoy † (Bishop: 2 May 1650 to 1 Sep 1659)
Pedro Gutiérrez de Cos y Saavedra Seminario † (Bishop: 16 Mar 1818 to 13 Mar 1826)
Francisco Gutiérrez Galeano, O. de M. † (Bishop: 25 Jan 1745 to 12 Oct 1748)
Diego Ladrón de Guevara † (Bishop: 11 Apr 1699 to 15 Sep 1704)
Miguel Bernardino de la Fuenta y Rojas † (Bishop: 7 Aug 1741 to 1742)
José Luis de Lila y Moreno, O.S.A. † (Bishop: 20 Aug 1764 to 25 Dec 1768)
Francisco López Sánchez † (Bishop: 10 Dec 1781 to 2 Mar 1790)
Felipe Manrique de Lara † (Bishop: 23 Feb 1750 to 31 Jan 1763)
José Antonio Martínez de Aldunate † (Bishop: 26 Mar 1804 to 8 Apr 1811)
Francisco Matienzo † (Bishop: 27 Jun 1796 to 1802)
Cipriano Medina, O.P. † (Bishop: 16 Feb 1660 to 1664)
Miguel Moreno y Ollo † (Bishop: 12 Mar 1770 to Feb 1780)
José Francisco Ezequiel Moreyra † (Bishop: 27 Mar 1865 to 23 Mar 1874)
Francesco Solano Muente y Campos, O.F.M. † (Bishop: 30 May 1936 to 21 Jul 1939)
Fidel Olivas Escudero † (Bishop: 19 Apr 1900 to 12 Apr 1935)
Santiago José O’ Phelan Recabarren † (Bishop: 12 Jul 1841 to 22 Sep 1857)
Juan José de Polo Valenzuela † (Bishop: 17 Sep 1875 to 2 Nov 1882)
Elías Prado Tello † (Priest: 29 Dec 1935 to 14 Nov 1963; Auxiliary Bishop: 5 Aug 1972 to 22 Nov 1985)
Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. † (Coadjutor Archbishop: 20 Sep 1975; Archbishop: 20 Nov 1979 to 23 May 1991)
Juan Rodríguez Reymúndez † (Bishop: 17 Sep 1838 - Did Not Take Effect)
Alfonso Roldán, O.S.Bas. † (Bishop: 30 Aug 1723 to 22 Feb 1741)
Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre, S.M. † (Archbishop: 13 Jun 2001 to 6 Aug 2011)
José Vicente Silva Avilés y Olave Salaverría † (Bishop: 15 Mar 1815 to 26 Oct 1816)
Francisco Verdugo Cabrera † (Bishop: 14 Mar 1622 to 20 Jul 1636)
Gabriel de Zarate, O.P. † (Bishop: 14 Dec 1637 to 1638)

Source(s)

Diocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga)
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 150
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 35, Page 273, to Page 275
Archdiocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 58, Page 1,128, and Page 1,129

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