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

Huánuco, Diocese of

HUÁNUCO, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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HUÁNUCO, Diocese of. - Diocese and capital city of the province of the same name in Peru (South America).

The diocese has an area of 60,000 sq km, with 406,818 inhabitants, all Catholic, distributed in 33 parishes served by 27 diocesan priests and 14 regulars, 1 seminary, 3 male religious communities and 7 female (1949).

The diocese was created by Pius IX on 17 March 1865 by dismemberment of the archdiocese of Lima, of which it is a suffragan. The first bishop was Manuel Teodoro del Valle.

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BIBL.: Singulari animi, in Pii IX Pont. Max. Acta, IV, Rome 1869, pp. 463-76; G. Reinhold, s. v. in Cath. Enc., VII, p. 506; Enc. Eur. Am., XXVIII, p. 504.

Enrico Josi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI (1951), col. 1490.

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Josi, Enrico. “Huánuco, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, col. 1490. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/huanuco-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Huánuco, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, col. 1490. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/huanuco-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Huánuco, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {VI},
  pages     = {1490},
  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/huanuco-diocesi-di}
}

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