Territorial Prelature of Chota
Encyclopedia
The Territorial Prelature of Chota is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Chota
in the Ecclesiastical province
of Piura in Peru.
Chota, Peru
Chota is a town in Northern Peru, capital of the province Chota in the region Cajamarca. The city is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Chota....
in the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of Piura in Peru.
Leadership
- Prelates of Chota (Roman rite)
- Bishop Fortunato Pablo Urcey, O.A.R. (October 15, 2005 – present)
- Bishop José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R. (March 27, 2002 – October 12, 2004)
- Bishop Emiliano Antonio Cisneros Martínez, O.A.R. (December 7, 1993 – March 27, 2002)
- Bishop José Arana Berruete, O.A.R. (January 24, 1979 – October 27, 1992)
- Bishop Florentino Armas Lerena, O.A.R. (April 7, 1963 – August 17, 1976)