Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. IX, 1952 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Piura, Diocese of

PIURA, DIOCESI DI

By Enrico Josi

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PIURA, Diocese of. - City and diocese of Peru, suffragan of Trujillo.

It has an area of 43,588 sq km and a population of 500,000 inhabitants, of whom 498,975 are Catholics, with 60 churches and 26 parishes, 23 diocesan priests and 27 religious; 3 institutes of education for boys and 3 for girls (Ann. Pont., 1952, p. 320).

The diocese was erected by Pope Pius XII on 29 February 1940 with the apostolic constitution Ad christianae plebis, by dismemberment from the diocese of Trujillo, erecting the church of St. Michael the Archangel as its cathedral.

PIVIALE - P. of St. Albuin of Bressanone

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BIBL.: anon., s. v. in Enc. Eur. Am., XLV, pp. 161-62; AAS, 32 (1940), pp. 472-74.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), coll. 1590–1591.

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Josi, Enrico. “Piura, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, coll. 1590–1591. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/piura-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Piura, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, coll. 1590–1591. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/piura-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Piura, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  pages     = {1590--1591},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/piura-diocesi-di}
}

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