Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ayacucho

Archdiocese of Ayacucho Archidioecesis Ayacuquensis o Huamangensis
Cathedral of Ayacucho
Location
Country	Peru
Statistics
Area
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 511,000 297,000 (58.1%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Catedral Basílica Santa María
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Salvador Piñeiro
Auxiliary Bishops	Gabino Miranda Melgarejo (he has been excardinated, or dismissed, and laicized -returned to the lay state- for sexual misconduct)
Website
www.arquidiocesisdeayacucho.org

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ayacucho or Huamanga (Latin: Ayacuquensis o Huamangensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Ayacucho in Peru.

History

• 20 July 1609: Established as Diocese of Guamanga from the Diocese of Cusco, suffragen of the archdioceses of Lima
• 1838: Seat of the diocese transferred to Ayacucho
• 30 June 1966: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ayacucho

Ordinaries

• Archbishops of Ayacucho (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Salvador Pińeiro García-Calderón (since 2011.08.06)
  • Archbishop Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre, S.M. (2001.06.13 - 2011.08.06)
  • Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (1995.05.13 – 1999.01.09)
  • Archbishop Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. (1979.11.20 – 1991.05.23)
  • Archbishop Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B. (1966.06.30 – 1979.11.20)
• Bishops of Ayacucho (Roman rite)
  • Archbishop Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B. (1958.08.28 – 1966.06.30)
  • Bishop Vittorio Alvarez, S.D.B. (1940.12.15 – 1958.03.02)
  • Bishop Francesco Solano Muente y Campos, O.F.M. (1936.05.30 – 1939.07.21)
  • Bishop Fidel Olivas Escudero (1900.04.19 – 1935.04.12)
  • Bishop Julian Cáceres Negrón (1893.01.19 – 1900.04.19)
  • Bishop Juan José de Polo (1876.01.18 – 1893)
  • Bishop José Francisco Ezequiel Moreyra (1865.03.27 – 1874)
  • Bishop Santiago José O’Phelan (1841.07.12 – 1857.09.22)
  • Bishop Juan Rodríguez Raymúndez (1838.09.17 – ?)
• Bishops of Guamanga
  • Bishop Pedro Gutiérrez de Coz (1818 – 1826.03.13)
  • Bishop José Vicente Silva y Olave (1812 – 1816)
  • Bishop José Antonio Martínez de Aldunate y Garcés de Marcilla (1804.03.26 – 1810)
  • Bishop Francisco Matienzo Bravo de Rivero (1796.06.27 – 1802)
  • Bishop Bartolomé Fabro de Palacios (1791.04.11 – 1795.07.10)
  • Bishop Francisco López Sánchez (1781.12.10 – 1790.03.02)
  • Bishop Miguel Moreno y Ollo (1770.03.12 – 1780.02)
  • Bishop José Luis de Lila y Moreno, O.S.A. (1764.08.20 – 1769.01)
  • Bishop Felipe Manriquez de Lara (1750.02.23 – 1763.01.31)
  • Bishop Francisco Gutiérrez Galeano, O. de M. (1745.01.25 – 1748.10.12)
  • Bishop Bernardo de la Fuete y Rojas (1741.08.07 – 1742)
  • Bishop Alfonso López Roldán, O.S.Bas. (1723.08.30 – 1741.02.22)
  • Bishop Francisco de Deza y Ulloa (1706.02.17 – 1722.04.22)
  • Fr. Francisco de la Puebla de González (1705 – 1705)
  • Bishop Diego Ladrón de Guevara (1699.04.11 – 1704.09.15)
  • Bishop Mateo Delgado (1689.12.12 – 1695.07)
  • Fr. Francisco Luis de Bruna Rico (1688.12.06 – 1689)
  • Bishop Sancho Pardo de Andrade de Figueroa y Cárdenas (1679.06.12 – 1688.11.15)
  • Bishop Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora (1668.06.11 – 1677.11.08)
  • Bishop Vasco López de Contreras (1666.06.07 – 1668)
  • Bishop Cipriano de Medina, O.P. (1660.02.16 – 1664)
  • Bishop Francisco de Godoy (1650.05.02 – 1659.09.01)
  • Bishop Antonio Corderina Vega, O.S.A. (1642.05.26 – 1649)
  • Bishop Gabriel de Zarate, O.P. (1637.09.01 – 1638)
  • Bishop Francisco Verdugo Cabrera (1622.03.14 – 1636.07.20)
  • Bishop Agustín de Carvajal, O.S.A. (1612.05.07 – 1621)

Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Huancavélica
• Territorial Prelature of Caravelí

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Peru
• Peruvian Episcopal Conference

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website