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Roman Catholic Diocese of Chimbote

Diocese of Chimbote
Dioecesis Cimbotiensis
Location
Country  Peru
Metropolitan Trujillo
Statistics
Area 23,500 km2 (9,100 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
655,000
570,000 (87.0%)
Information
Rite Latin Rite
Cathedral Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen y San Pedro
(Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
and St. Peter
)
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Ángel Francisco Simón Piorno
Map
Diócesis de Chimbote.svg
Website
www.obispadodechimbote.org

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chimbote (Latin: Cimbotien(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Chimbote in the Ecclesiastical province of Trujillo in Peru.

On 26 November 1962 Pope John XXIII established the Territorial Prelature of Chimbote. It was promoted to the Diocese of Chimbote by Pope John Paul II on 6 April 1983.


Coordinates: 12°02′00″S 77°08′00″W / 12.0333°S 77.1333°W / -12.0333; -77.1333


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