Roman Catholic Diocese of Chulucanas explained

Jurisdiction:	Diocese
Chulucanas
Latin:	Dioecesis Chulucanensis
Rite:	Latin Rite
Cathedral:	Catedral la Sagrada Familia
Area Km2:	12,498
Population:	485,000
Population As Of:	2006
Catholics:	435,000
Catholics Percent:	89.7
Bishop:	Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral, elect

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chulucanas (Latin: Chulucanen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Chulucanas in the ecclesiastical province of Piura in Peru.

History

• 4 March 1964: Established as Territorial Prelature of Chulucanas
• 12 December 1988: Promoted as Diocese of Chulucanas

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Prelate of Chulucanas (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A. (1964.03.04 – 1988.12.12); see below
• Bishops of Chulucanas (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A. (1988.12.12 – 2000.10.28); see above
  • Bishop Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A. (2000.10.28 – 2020.04.02)
  • Bishop Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral (2020.04.02 - present)

Coadjutor bishop

• Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A. (1996-2000)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Tarcisio Pusma Ibáñez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo in 2008; did not take effect

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Peru

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

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