Diocese of Huancavélica Dioecesis Huancavelicensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Peru |
Ecclesiastical province | Ayacucho |
Statistics | |
Area | 21,078 km2 (8,138 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 444,829 406,709 (91.4%) |
Information | |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Cathedral | Catedral San Antonio |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I. |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Huancavelica (Latin: Huancavelicensis) is a diocese located in the city of Huancavélica in the ecclesiastical province of Ayacucho in Peru.
On 18 December 1944 Pope Pius XII established as Diocese of Huancavelica from the Diocese of Ayacucho.[citation needed]
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