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

Huaraz, Diocese of

HUARAZ, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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

It has an area of 42,908 sq. km., with 650,000 inhabitants, of whom 645,000 are Catholics; it has 60 parishes, with 53 diocesan priests and 13 regulars, 1 seminary, 4 male religious communities and 3 female (1949). The diocese was created by Pope Leo XIII on 8 May 1899; the first bishop was Francisco de Sales Soto. It is a suffragan of Lima.

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BIBL.: S. J. Quinn, s. v. in Cath. Enc., VII, p. 506; Enc. Eur. Am., XXVIII, p. 505.

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

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Josi, Enrico. “Huaraz, 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/huaraz-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Huaraz, 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/huaraz-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Huaraz, 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/huaraz-diocesi-di}
}

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