Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cusco
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Archdiocese of Cusco Archidioecesis Cuschensis | |
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 Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 23,807 km2 (9,192 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2014) 1,594,000 1,538,000 (90.6%) |
| Information | |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Cathedral | Catedral Basílica de la Virgen de la Asunción |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Richard Daniel Alarcon Urrutia |
| Bishops emeritus | Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez |
| Website | |
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cusco (Latin: Cuschen(sis)) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese with see in the city and old Inca imperial capital of Cusco, in Peru.[1][2]
Its Cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin. It also has a Marian Minor basilica: Basílica Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes.
History
- Established on 5 September 1536 as Diocese of Cusco, on vast South American territory split off from the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sevilla, in colonial mother country Spain
- It lost territories repeatedly, to establish dioceses: on 1541.05.14 Lima, on 1547.07.01 Paraguay, on 1552.06.27 La Plata (Argentina), on 1609.07.20 Ayacucho, on 1861.10.07 Puno and on 1900.01.05 the Apostolic Prefecture of San Domingo de Urubamba.
- Promoted on 23 May 1943 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cusco
- Lost territories to establish on 1958.04.28 the Diocese of Abancay and on 1959.01.10 the Territorial Prelature of Sicuani, both as its suffragan
- It enjoyed a papal visit by Pope John Paul II in February 1985.
Province
Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and the following suffragan sees, all in Peru :
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Abancay
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Sicuani
- Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla
Episcopal ordinaries
(all Roman Rite)
- Suffragan Bishops of Cusco
- Vicente Valverde Alvarez, Dominican Order (O.P.) (8 Jan 1537 – 31 Oct 1541 Died)[3]
- Juan Solano, O.P. (29 Feb 1544 – 1562 Resigned)[4]
- Francisco Ramirez (bishop) (6 July 1562 – 1564 Died)[5]
- Mateo Pinello (19 Jan 1565 – 1569 Died)[6]
- Sebastián Lartaún (4 Sep 1570 – 9 Oct 1583 Died)[7]
- Gregorio de Montalvo Olivera, O.P. (16 Nov 1587 – 11 Dec 1592 Died), previously Bishop of Yucatán (Mexico) (1580.12.15 – 1587.11.16)[8]
- Antonio de Raya Navarrete (6 June 1594 – 28 July 1606 Died)
- Fernando Mendoza González (12 Jan 1609 – 1618 Died)
- Lorenzo Pérez de Grado (18 March 1619 – 4 Sep 1627 Died), previously Bishop of Paraguay (Paraguay) (1615.09.16 – 1619.03.18)[9]
- Archbishop-Bishop Fernando de Vera y Zuñiga, Augustinian Order (O.E.S.A.) (16 Jul 1629 – 9 Nov 1638 Died),[10] previously Titular Bishop of Bugia (1614.02.17 – 1628.11.13) & Auxiliary Bishop of Badajoz (Spain) (1614.02.17 – 1628.11.13), Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) (1628.11.13 – 1629.07.16)
- Diego Montoya Mendoza (16 July 1640 Appointed – Did Not Take Effect as he died two days before appointment)
- Juan Alonso y Ocón (31 Aug 1643 – 17 July 1651); previously Bishop of Yucatán (Mexico) (1638.06.14 – 1643.08.31); later Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas) (Bolivia) (1651.07.17 – 1656.06.29)
- Pedro de Ortega y Sotomayor (27 Nov 1651 – 1658 Died), previously Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1645 – 1647), Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1647 – 1651.11.27)[11]
- Agustín Muñoz Sandoval (17 Nov 1659 – April 1661 Died)
- Bernardo de Izaguirre de los Reyes (31 July 1662 – 15 July 1669), previously Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1654.05.18 – 1660); later Archbishop of La Plata (not possessed 1669.07.15 – death 1670.03.17)
- Manuel de Mollinedo y Angulo (15 Dec 1670 – 26 Sep 1699 Died)
- Juan González de Santiago (9 Feb 1705 – 12 Dec 1707 Died)
- uncanonical: Melchior de la Nava y Moreno (1712.05.09 – 1714 without papal mandate)
- Gabriel de Arregui y Gutiérrez, Friars Minor (O.F.M.) (13 Jan 1716 – 9 Oct 1724 Died), previously Bishop of Buenos Aires (Argentina) (1712.06.23 – 1716.01.14)
- Bernardo de Serreda y Villate, Carmelite Order (O. Carm.) (19 Dec 1725 – 2 March 1733 Died), previously Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1720 – 1725.12.19)
- José Manuel de Sarricolea y Olea (5 May 1734 – 2 Oct 1740 Died), previously Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina) ([1723.09.19] 1723.11.22 – 1730.07.24), Bishop of Santiago (Chile) (1730.07.24 – 1734.05.05)
- Pedro Morcillo Rubio de Auñón (18 April 1742 – 1 April 1747 Died), previously Titular Bishop of Draso (1724.02.14 – 1731.12.17) & Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) (1724.02.14 – 1731.12.17), Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1731.12.17 – 1741.07.20)
- Juan de Castañeda Velásquez y Salazar (20 Jan 1749 – 22 Feb 1762 Died), previously Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1742 – 1749.01.20)
- Juan Manuel Jerónimo de Romaní y Carrillo (26 Sep 1763 – 15 Sep 1768 Died), previously Bishop of Panamá (Panama) (1758.03.13 – 1763.09.26)
- Agustín Gorritátegui Gorrichategui (12 Dec 1770 – 28 Oct 1776 Died)
- Juan Manuel Moscoso y Peralta (28 Sep 1778 – 3 Aug 1789) previously Titular Bishop of Tricomia (1770.03.12 – 1771.06.17) & Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) ([1769.10.15] 1770.03.12 – 1771.06.17), Bishop of Córdoba (Argentina) (1771.06.17 – 1778.09.28); later Archbishop of Granada (1789.08.03 – death 1811.07.24)
- Bartolomé María de las Heras Navarro (14 Dec 1789 – 31 March 1806), later Archbishop of Lima (1806.03.31 – death 1823.09.06)
- José Maria Pérez Armendáriz (31 March 1806 – 9 Feb 1819 Died)
- José Calixto Orihuela Valderrama, O.E.S.A. (27 June 1821 – 25 Aug 1838 Resigned), previously Titular Bishop of Calama (1819.03.29 – 1821.06.27) & Auxiliary Bishop of Cusco (Peru) (1819.03.29 – 1821.06.27)
- Eugenio Mendoza Jara (17 Sep 1838 – 18 Aug 1854 Died)
- Julián Ochoa Campos (27 March 1865 – 17 Sep 1875 Resigned)
- Pedro José Tordoya Montoya (17 Sep 1875 – 23 March 1880 Resigned) previously Titular Bishop of Tiberiopolis (1860.03.23 – 1875.09.17) & Auxiliary Bishop of Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1860.03.23 – 1875.09.17); emeritate as Titular Bishop of Arad (1880.08.20 – 1881)
- Juan Antonio Falcón Iturrizaga (19 Jan 1893 – 1 May 1909 Died)
- José Gregorio Castro Miranda, O.F.M. (21 March 1910 – 13 Nov 1917 Resigned), emeritate as Titular Bishop of Clazomenæ (1917.11.13 – 1924.01.30)
- Pedro Pascuál Francesco Farfán de los Godos (19 April 1918 – 18 Sep 1933), previously Bishop of Huaraz (Peru) (1907.03.05 – 1918.04.19); later Archbishop of Lima (Peru) (1933.09.18 – 1945.09.17)
- Felipe Santiago Hermosa y Sarmiento (13 June 1935 – 23 May 1943 see below)
- Metropolitan Archbishops of Cusco
- Felipe Santiago Hermosa y Sarmiento (see above 23 May 1943 – 17 Dec 1956 Resigned), later Archbishop Military Vicar of Peru (Peru) (1956.12.17 – 1967), emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Berœa (1956.12.17 – 1971.01.20)
- Carlos Maria Jurgens Byrne, Redemptorists (C.SS.R.) (17 Dec 1956 – 6 Dec 1965), previously Bishop of Huancavelica (Peru) (1949.01.13 – 1954.02.07), Titular Bishop of Nisyrus (1954.02.07 – 1956.12.17) & Military Vicar of Peru (Peru) (1954.02.07 – 1956.12.17); later Archbishop of Trujillo (1965.12.06 – resigned 1976)
- Ricardo Durand Flórez, Jesuits (S.J.) (14 Feb 1966 – 14 Jan 1975), later Archbishop-Bishop of Callao (Peru) (1975.01.14 – retired 1995.08.17), also President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (1988 – 1991)
- Luis Vallejos Santoni (14 Jan 1975 – 8 June 1982 Died), previously Bishop of Callao (Peru) (1971.09.20 – 1975.01.14)
- Alcides Mendoza Castro (5 Oct 1983 – 29 Nov 2003 Retired); previously Titular Bishop of Metræ (1958.04.28 – 1962.12.05) & Auxiliary Bishop of Abancay (Peru) (1958.04.28 – 1962.12.05) succeeding as Bishop of Abancay (1962.12.05 – 1967.08.12), Titular Archbishop of Pederodiana (1967.08.12 – 1983.10.05) & Archbishop Military Vicar of Peru (Peru) (1967.08.12 – 1983.10.05)
- Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez (29 Nov 2003 – 28 Oct 2014 Retired); previously Titular Bishop of Castro (1983.08.18 – 1997.03.15) & Auxiliary Bishop of Abancay (Peru) (1983.08.18 – 1986.10.18) & Auxiliary Bishop of Cusco (Peru) (1986.10.18 – 1991.12.04), Auxiliary Bishop of Yauyos (Peru) (1991.12.04 – 1997.03.15), Bishop-Prelate of Territorial Prelature of Yauyos (Peru) (1997.03.15 – 2003.11.29)
- Richard Daniel Alarcón Urrutia (28 Oct 2014 – ...), previously Bishop of Tarma (Peru) (2001.06.13 – 2014.10.28)
Other affiliated bishops
Auxiliary bishops
^José Calixto Orihuela Valderrama, O.E.S.A. (1819-1821), appointed Bishop here
- Elías Prado Tello (1963-1972), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga
- Severo Aparicio Quispe, O. de M. (1978-1999)
- Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez (1986-1991), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Yauyos (later returned here as Archbishop)
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Francisco José Marán, appointed Bishop of Concepción, Chile in 1779
- Fidel María Cosío y Medina, appointed Bishop of Puno in 1923
- Ciro Quispe López, appointed Prelate of Juli in 2018
See also
References
- ^ "Archdiocese of Cuzco" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016 [self-published source]
- ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cusco" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Vicente Valverde Alvarez, O.P." retrieved January 22, 2015 [self-published source]
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy: "Bishop Juan Solano, O.P." retrieved January 21, 2016 [self-published source]
- ^ "Bishop Francisco Ramírez" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Mateo Pinello" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Sebastián Lartaún" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Gregorio de Montalvo Olivera, O.P." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
- ^ "Bishop Lorenzo Pérez de Grado" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved August 26, 2016
- ^ Catholic Hierarchy: "Archbishop Fernando de Vera y Zuñiga, O.S.A." retrieved December 4, 2015 [self-published source]
- ^ "Bishop Pedro de Ortega y Sotomayor" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016 [self-published source]
Sources and external links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cusco.
- GCatholic.org, with incumbent bio links
- Catholic Hierarchy [self-published]
- Diocesan website (in Spanish)
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| Province of Ayacucho | |
| Province of Cusco | |
| Province of Huancayo | |
| Province of Lima | |
| Province of Piura | |
| Province of Trujillo | |
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