Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Huarí | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Huariensis |
Country: | Peru |
Province: | Trujillo |
Area Km2: | 23,000 |
Population: | 306,000 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Catholics: | 296,500 |
Catholics Percent: | 96.9 |
Parishes: | 20 |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 15 May 1958 (years ago) |
Bishop: | Vacant |
Auxiliary Bishops: | Giorgio Barbetta |
The Diocese of Huarí (Latin: Dioecesis Huariensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Peru. Erected as a Territorial Prelature in 1958, elevation to a full diocese occurred in April 2008. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo.
On 15 May 1958 Pope Pius XII established the Territorial Prelature of Huarí with territory taken from the Huánuco and the Diocese of Huaraz. It was elevated to a diocese by Pope Benedict XVI on 2 April 2008.[1] [2]