Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Puno, Diocese of

PUNO, DIOCESI DI

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PUNO, Diocese of. - City and diocese in the department of the same name in Peru (South America), suffragan of the archdiocese of Arequipa.

It has an area of 67,703 sq km with a population of 800,000 inhabitants, almost all Catholics; 72 parishes served by 30 diocesan priests and 18 regulars; 4 communities, male religious, and 5 female (Ann. Pont., 1951, p. 326).

The diocese was created by a bull of Pius IX of 7 Oct. 1861. The first bishop was Mariano Chacon y Becerra, who resigned the office and was replaced by Juan Ambrosio Huerta, appointed in 1865.

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BIBL.: anon., s. v. in Enc. Eur. Am., XLVIII, pp. 560-63; J. Moreno-Lacalle, s. v. in Cath. Enc., XII, pp. 569-70.

Enrico Josi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 327.

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Josi, Enrico. “Puno, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 327. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/puno-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Puno, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 327. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/puno-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Puno, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {327},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/puno-diocesi-di}
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