Archdiocese of Cusco Archidioecesis Cuschensis |
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Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of the Assumption
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Location | |
Country | Peru |
Statistics | |
Area | 23,807 km2 (9,192 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 1,594,000 1,538,000 (90.6%) |
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Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Catedral Basílica de la Virgen de la Asunción |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Richard Daniel Alarcon Urrutia |
Website | |
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Coordinates: 13°30′59″S 71°58′41″W / 13.516276°S 71.977926°W
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cusco (Latin: Cuschen(sis)) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese with see in the city and old Inca imperial capital of Cusco, in Peru.
Its Cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Cathedral of Santo Domingo, Cusco, dedicated to Saint Dominic. It also has a Marian Minor basilica: Basílica Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes
Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and the following suffragan sees, all in Peru :
(all Roman Rite)