Territorial Prelature of Huamachuco
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The Territorial Prelature of Huamachuco is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Huamachuco
in the Ecclesiastical province
of Trujillo in Peru.
Huamachuco
Huamachuco is a town in Northern Peru, capital of the province Sánchez Carrión in the region La Libertad. The city is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Huamachuco. Lake Sausacocha lies to the northeast.-Bank:Branch of Caja Trujillo....
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 Trujillo in Peru.
History
- On December 4, 1961, the Territorial Prelature of Huamachuco was established from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo
Leadership
- Prelates of Huamachuco (Roman rite)
- Bishop Sebastián Ramis Torrens, T.O.R. (November 13, 1990 – Present)
- Bishop Damián Nicolau Roig, T.O.R. (1963.10.23 – 1981.09.13)