Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. III, 1949 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Chachapoyas, Diocese of

CHACHAPOYAS, DIOCESI DI

By Pietro Gómez

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Maynas, Diocese of redirects here.

CHACHAPOYAS, DIOCESE OF. - In the republic of Peru, department of Amazonas, suffragan of Trujillo. Erected by Pius VII on 28 May 1805 under the name of Mynas, it received its present name from Gregory XVI on 4 July 1843.

It comprises the department of Amazonas, the province of Pataz and part of the department of Loreto, with an area of 120,000 sq. km. and a population of about 157,000 souls, with 155 churches, in 30 parishes, 20 diocesan priests and 6 regulars (1948).

Bibliography

BIBL.: J. Montes de Oca y de Obregón, s.v. in Cath. Enc., III, p. 551.

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By Pietro Gómez

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III (1949), col. 1367.

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Gomez, Pietro. “Chachapoyas, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, col. 1367. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949. https://azioneromana.com/article/chachapoyas-diocesi-di.

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Gomez, Pietro. “Chachapoyas, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. III, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1949, col. 1367. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/chachapoyas-diocesi-di.

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@incollection{ec3_chachapoyas_diocesi_di,
  author    = {Gomez, Pietro},
  title     = {Chachapoyas, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {III},
  pages     = {1367},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1949},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/chachapoyas-diocesi-di}
}

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