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 designation 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, served by 155 churches in 30 parishes, 20 diocesan priests and 6 regulars (1948).
Bibl.: J. Montes de Oca y de Obregón, s.V. in Cath. Enc., III, p. 551. Pedro Gomez