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Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiclayo

Diocese of Chiclayo
Dioecesis Chiclayensis
Iglesia de Chiclao Perú.JPG
Cathedral of St. Mary
Location
Country  Peru
Metropolitan Piura
Statistics
Area 18,226 km2 (7,037 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
1,218,000
1,115,000 (91.5%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral Catedral Santa María
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Robert Francis Prevost

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiclayo (Latin: Chiclayen(sis)) is a Latin Catholic suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Piura in Peru's northwestern Lambayeque region.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Santa María in the city of Chiclayo.

(all Roman rite)


Coordinates: 6°46′18″S 79°50′16″W / 6.7717°S 79.8378°W / -6.7717; -79.8378


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