Roman Catholic Diocese of Abancay explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Abancay
Latin:Dioecesis Abancaiensis
Country:Peru
Province:Cuzco
Denomination:Catholic Church
Sui Iuris Church:Latin Church
Rite:Roman Rite
Area Km2:12,950
Population:335,628
Population As Of:2005
Catholics:310,628
Catholics Percent:92.6
Bishop:Gilberto Gómez González
Parishes:17
Priests:58

The Diocese of Abancay is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Peru. It was erected on April 28, 1958 from the territory of the Archdiocese of Cuzco with Alcides Mendoza Castro being made its first bishop. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuzco.

Gilberto Gómez González has been the bishop of the diocese since 2009.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Coadjutor bishop

Auxiliary bishops

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Sources

See also

List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Peru