Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa explained

Jurisdiction:	Archdiocese
Arequipa
Local:	Spanish; Castilian: Arquidiócese de Arequipa
Latin:	Archidioecesis Arequipensis
Rite:	Latin Rite
Area Km2:	26,306
Population:	952,000
Population As Of:	2006
Catholics:	857,000
Catholics Percent:	90.0
Bishop:	Javier Augusto Del Río Alba
Bishop Title:	Archbishop
Auxiliary Bishops:	Raúl Antonio Chau Quispe
Emeritus Bishops:	José Paulino Ríos Reynoso
Website:	www.arzobispadoarequipa.org.pe
Map:	Arquidiócesis de Arequipa.svg

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa (Latin: Arequipensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Arequipa in Peru.^[1] ^[2] It was erected by Pope Gregory XIII on 15 April 1577 at the request of King Philip II of Spain.^[3]

History

15 April 1577: Established as Diocese of Arequipa from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima
23 May 1943: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa

Ordinaries

Diocese of Arequipa

Erected: 15 April 1577
Latin Name: Arequipensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Lima

Antonio de Hervias, O.P. (15 Apr 1577 – 9 Jan 1579 Appointed, Bishop of Verapaz, Guatemala)^[4]
Cristóbal Rodríguez Juárez (Juárez), O.P. (16 Jan 1612 – 4 Nov 1613 Died),^[5] Archbishop (personal title)
Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano (16 Sep 1615 – 19 Dec 1615 Died)^[6]
Pedro de Perea (Pérez Díaz), O.S.A. (4 Sep 1617 – 1631 Died)
Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco (2 Aug 1632 – 16 Jul 1640 Appointed, Archbishop of Lima)^[7]
Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia (19 Nov 1640 – 21 Oct 1647 Appointed, Bishop of Quito, Ecuador)^[8]
Pedro de Ortega y Sotomayor (26 Dec 1647 – 27 Nov 1651 Appointed, Bishop of Cuzco)^[9]
Gaspar de Villarroel, O.S.A. (11 Dec 1651 – 27 Jan 1659 Appointed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia)^[10]
Juan de Almoguera, O.SS.T. (17 Feb 1659 – 27 Nov 1673 Appointed, Archbishop of Lima)^[11]
Juan de la Calle y Heredia, O. de M. (1 Oct 1674 – 15 Feb 1676 Died)^[12]
Antonio de León y Becerra (14 Jun 1677 – 28 Aug 1708 Died)^[13]
Juan de Argüelles, O.S.A. (21 Mar 1711 – 23 Jan 1712 Died)^[14]
Juan Otálora Bravo de Lagunas (19 Nov 1714 – 1722 Died)
Juan Cavero de Toledo (11 Jun 1725 – 20 Mar 1741 Died)
Juan Bravo del Rivero y Correa (28 Jan 1743 – 22 May 1752 Died)
Juan González Melgarejo (26 Nov 1753 – 6 Mar 1754 Died)
Jacinto Aguado y Chacón (17 Feb 1755 – 18 Jul 1763 Appointed, Bishop of Osma, Spain)
Diego Salguero de Cabrera (18 Jul 1763 – 2 Dec 1769 Died)
Manuel de Abad e Illanar, O. Praem. (17 Jun 1771 – 1 Feb 1780 Died)
Miguel de Pamplona González Bassecourt, O.F.M. Cap. (10 Dec 1781 – 10 Dec 1784 Resigned)
Pedro José Chávez de la Rosa (18 Dec 1786 – 9 May 1805 Resigned)
Luis La Encina Díaz y Pereiro (9 Sep 1805 – 16 Jan 1816 Died)
José Sebastian Goyeneche y Barreda (14 Apr 1817 – 26 Sep 1859 Confirmed, Archbishop of Lima)
Bartolomé Manuel Herrera Vélez (26 Sep 1859 – 10 Aug 1864 Died)
Juan de la Cruz Calienes Olazabal, O.F.M. (27 Mar 1865 – 26 Jun 1867 Died)
José Benedicto Torres Romero (22 Jun 1868 – 8 Jan 1880 Died)
Juan María Ambrosio Huerta Galván (20 Aug 1880 – 27 Jun 1897 Died)
Manuel Segundo Ballón Manrique (24 Aug 1898 – 1906 Resigned)
Mariano Emilio Holguin y Maldonado, O.F.M. (1 Jun 1906 – 24 Dec 1945 Died)

Archdiocese of Arequipa

Elevated: 23 May 1943

Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. (13 Jun 1946 – 26 Sep 1980 Resigned)
Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. (26 Sep 1980 – 2 Mar 1996 Retired)
Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira (2 Mar 1996 – 29 Nov 2003 Retired)
José Paulino Ríos Reynoso (29 Nov 2003 – 21 Oct 2006 Resigned)
Javier Augusto Del Río Alba (21 Oct 2006 –)

Other affiliated bishops

Coadjutor bishops

Manuel Segundo Ballón Manrique (1896-1898)
Javier Augusto Del Río Alba (2006)

Auxiliary bishops

Juan Manuel Moscoso y Peralta (1770-1771), appointed Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
Giuseppe Luca Barranco, O. de M. (1866), never consecrated
Daniel Figueroa Villón (1945-1946), appointed Bishop of Huancayo
José Germán Benavides Morriberón (1968-1976)
Lorenzo Unfried Gimpel, M.F.S.C. (1969-1980), appointed Prelate of Tarma
Felipe María Zalba Elizalde, O.P. (1980-1984), appointed Prelate of Chuquibamba
Raúl Antonio Chau Quispe (2019-)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Santiago José O' Phelan Recabarren, appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga) in 1841
Julián Ochoa Campos, appointed Bishop of Cuzco in 1864
Pedro José Chávez Ponce, appointed Bishop of Puno in 1875
Valentín Ampuero Núñez (priest here, 1894–1898), appointed Bishop of Puno in 1909
Juan Gualberto Guevara y de la Cuba, appointed Bishop of Trujillo in 1940
Pedro Alberto Bustamante López, appointed Prelate of Sicuani in 2013

Suffragan dioceses

References

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Notes and References

http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dareq.html "Archdiocese of Arequipa"
http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/areq0.htm "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa"
Diocese of Arequipa. 1.
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdherv.html "Bishop Antonio de Hervias, O.P."
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/broju.html "Archbishop Cristóbal Rodríguez Juárez (Suárez), O.P."
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcabezas.html "Bishop Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano"
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvilp.html "Archbishop Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco"
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bugarte.html "Bishop Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia "
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/borts.html "Bishop Pedro de Ortega y Sotomayor"
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bvilg.html "Archbishop Gaspar de Villarroel, O.S.A."
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/balmog.html "Archbishop Juan de Almoguera, O.SS.T."
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcalher.html "Bishop Juan de la Calle y Heredia, O. de M."
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdeleon.html "Bishop Antonio de León y Becerra"
http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/barg.html "Bishop Juan de Argüelles, O.S.A."