Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Huancayo

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo Archidioecesis Metropolitanae Huancayensis
Metropolitan Archcathedral of the Most Holy Trinity
Location
Country	Peru
Statistics
Area	15,145 km2 (5,848 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2004) 792,505 728,867 (92.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Pedro Barreto, S.J.
Auxiliary Bishops	Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I.
Website
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The nave of Jauja Cathedral

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo (Latin: Huancayen(sis)) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in Peru's western Amazonian Junín Region.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad (dedicated to the Holy Trinity) in the city of Huancayo.

History

• Established on 18 December 1944 as Diocese of Huancayo on territory split off from the Diocese of Huánuco
• Lost territory on 15 May 1585 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Tarma
• 30 June 1966: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo

Bishops

Ordinaries

Bishops of Huancayo

• Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. (1945-1946), appointed Archbishop of Arequipa
• Daniel Figueroa Villón (1946-1956), appointed Bishop of Chiclayo
• Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz (1956-1966); see below

Archbishops of Huancayo

• Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz (1966-1971); see above
• Eduardo Picher Peña (1971-1984), appointed Military Vicar and later Military Ordinary of Peru
• Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. (1985-1991)
• José Paulino Ríos Reynoso (1995-2003), appointed Archbishop of Arequipa
• Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J. (2004–present)

Auxiliary bishop

• Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I. (2016-)

Ecclesiastical province

Apart from the metropolitan archdiocese, its province comprises two suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Huánuco
• Diocese of Tarma

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Peru

Sources and external links

• GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website

Coordinates: 12°04′03″S 75°12′35″W / 12.0676°S 75.2098°W / -12.0676; -75.2098