Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. VI, 1951 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Huancayo, Diocese of

HUANCAYO, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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HUANCAYO, Diocese of. - City and diocese of Peru, erected by Pope Pius XII on 18 Dec. 1944 with the apostolic constitution Supremum apostolatus munus, by dismemberment of the diocese of Huanuco. The diocese is a suffragan of Lima. It has an area of 18,000 sq km with 380,000 inhabitants, all Catholics, distributed in 31 parishes served by 32 diocesan priests and 41 regulars; it has a seminary, 6 male religious communities and 5 female ones (1949). The Cathedral is dedicated to the Most Holy Trinity.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS, 37 (1945), pp. 136-38.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 1489.

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Josi, Enrico. “Huancayo, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1489. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/huancayo-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Huancayo, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1489. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/huancayo-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Huancayo, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {1489},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1951},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/huancayo-diocesi-di}
}

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