Territorial Prelature of Chuquibamba Praelatura Territorialis Chuquibambensis |
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Location | |
Country | Peru |
Metropolitan | Arequipa |
Statistics | |
Area | 22,151 km2 (8,553 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 138,416 135,647 (98.0%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | Rev. Fr. Jorge Enrique Izaguirre Rafael, C.S.C., Bishop Prelate-elect of Chuquibamba (appointed by Pope Francis to succeed the retiring Bishop Prelate, Mario Busquets Jordá, on Monday, May 11, 2015) |
The Territorial Prelature of Chuquibamba (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Chuquibambensis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Chuquibamba in the Ecclesiastical province of Arequipa in Peru.
On 5 June 1962, the Territorial Prelature of Chuquibamba was established.