Roman Catholic Diocese of Huarí

Diocese of Huarí Dioecesis Huariensis
Location
Country	Peru
Ecclesiastical province	Trujillo
Statistics
Area	23,000 km² (8,900 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 306,000 296,500 (96.9%)
Parishes	20
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	15 May 1958 (58 years ago)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Ivo Baldi Gaburri
Emeritus Bishops	Dante Frasnelli Tarter, O.S.I.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Huarí (Latin: Dioecesis Huariensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in Peru. Erected as a Territorial Prelature in 1958, elevation to a full diocese occurred on April 2008. The new diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Trujillo.

The current bishop is Ivo Baldi Gaburri, appointed in Feb. 2004.

History

On 15 May 1958 Pope Pius XII established the Territorial Prelature of Huarí with territory taken from the Huánuco and the Diocese of Huaraz. It was elevated to a diocese by Pope Benedict XVI on 2 April 2008.^[1]^[2]

Ordinaries

Marco Libardoni, O.S.I. † (15 May 1958 - 25 Oct 1966)
Dante Frasnelli Tarter, O.S.I. (3 Aug 1967 - 13 Jun 2001)
Antonio Santarsiero Rosa, O.S.I. (13 Jun 2001 - 4 Feb 2004) Appointed, Bishop of Huacho
Ivo Baldi Gaburri (4 Feb 2004 - present)

References

↑ "Vicariate Apostolic of Huarí". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
↑ "Apostolic Vicariate of Huarí". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-04-18.

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Province of Ayacucho	Archdiocese of Ayacucho Diocese of Huancavélica Prelature of Caravelí

Province of Cusco	Archdiocese of Cusco Diocese of Abancay Prelature of Chuquibambilla Prelature of Sicuani

Province of Huancayo	Archdiocese of Huancayo Diocese of Huánuco Diocese of Tarma

Province of Lima	Archdiocese of Lima Diocese of Callao Diocese of Carabayllo Diocese of Chosica Diocese of Huacho Diocese of Ica Diocese of Lurín Prelature of Yauyos

Province of Piura	Archdiocese of Piura Diocese of Chachapoyas Diocese of Chiclayo Diocese of Chulucanas Prelature of Chota

Province of Trujillo	Archdiocese of Trujillo Diocese of Cajamarca Diocese of Chimbote Diocese of Huaraz Diocese of Huarí Prelature of Huamachuco Prelature of Moyobamba

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Coordinates: 9°20′51″S 77°10′16″W / 9.3475°S 77.1712°W / -9.3475; -77.1712

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