Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa is an archdiocese located in the city of Arequipa in Peru. It was erected by Pope Gregory XIII on 15 April 1577 at the request of King Phillip II of Spain.History
Diocese of Arequipa
Erected: 15 April 1577
Latin Name: Arequipensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Lima
- Antonio de Hervias, O.P.
- Cristóbal Rodríguez Juárez, O.P., Archbishop
- Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano
- Pedro de Perea, O.S.A.
- Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco
- Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia
- Pedro de Ortega y Sotomayor
- Gaspar de Villarroel, O.S.A.
- Juan de Almoguera, O.SS.T.
- Juan de la Calle y Heredia, O. de M.
- Antonio de León y Becerra
- Juan de Argüelles, O.S.A.
- Juan Otálora Bravo de Lagunas
- Juan Cavero de Toledo
- Juan Bravo del Rivero y Correa
- Juan González Melgarejo
- Jacinto Aguado y Chacón
- Diego Salguero de Cabrera
- Manuel de Abad e Illanar, O. Praem.
- Miguel de Pamplona González Bassecourt, O.F.M. Cap.
- Pedro José Chávez de la Rosa
- Luis La Encina Díaz y Pereiro
- José Sebastian Goyeneche y Barreda
- Bartolomé Manuel Herrera Vélez
- Juan de la Cruz Calienes Olazabal, O.F.M.
- José Benedicto Torres Romero
- Juan María Ambrosio Huerta Galván
- Manuel Segundo Ballón Manrique
- Mariano Emilio Holguin y Maldonado, O.F.M.
Archdiocese of Arequipa
Elevated: 23 May 1943
- Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M.
- Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J.
- Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira
- José Paulino Ríos Reynoso
- Javier Augusto Del Río Alba
Other affiliated bishops
Coadjutor bishops
- Manuel Segundo Ballón Manrique
- Javier Augusto Del Río Alba
Auxiliary bishops
- Juan Manuel Moscoso y Peralta, appointed Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina
- Giuseppe Luca Barranco, O. de M., never consecrated
- Daniel Figueroa Villón, appointed Bishop of Huancayo
- José Germán Benavides Morriberón
- Lorenzo Unfried Gimpel, M.F.S.C., appointed Prelate of Tarma
- Felipe María Zalba Elizalde, O.P., appointed Prelate of Chuquibamba
- Raúl Antonio Chau Quispe
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Santiago José O’ Phelan Recabarren, appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga in 1841
- Julián Ochoa Campos, appointed Bishop of Cuzco in 1864
- Pedro José Chávez Ponce, appointed Bishop of Puno in 1875
- Valentín Ampuero Núñez, appointed Bishop of Puno in 1909
- Juan Gualberto Guevara y de la Cuba, appointed Bishop of Trujillo in 1940
- Pedro Alberto Bustamante López, appointed Prelate of Sicuani in 2013
Suffragan dioceses
- Diocese of Puno
- Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua
- Territorial Prelature of Ayaviri
- Territorial Prelature of Chuquibamba
- Territorial Prelature of Juli
- Territorial Prelature of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané
