Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba
- Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba
Infobox Diocese| jurisdiction=Territorial Prelature
name= Moyobamba
latin= Territorialis Praelatura Moyobambensis
country= Peru| metropolitan=Trujillo
rite=Latin Rite
cathedral =
cocathedral =
area= 45,775
population= 692,232
population_as_of= 2004
catholics= 553,785
catholics_percent= 80.0
bishop= Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea
coadjutor =
auxiliary_bishops =
The Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba {Latin: " Territorialis Praelatura Moyobamben(sis)"} is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Moyobamba in the Ecclesiastical province of Trujillo in Peru.
History
* March 7, 1948: Established as Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba from the Diocese of Chachapoyas
Leadership
* Prelates of Moyobamba (Roman rite)
** Bishop Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea (July 21, 2007 – Present)
** Bishop José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. (June 6, 2000 – July 21, 2007)
** Bishop Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. (August 25, 1967 – June 6, 2000)
** Bishop Martin Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi, C.P. (January 15, 1949 – December 30, 1966)
References
* [http://www.gcatholic.com/dioceses/diocese/moyo0.htm Giga-Catholic Information]
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmoyo.html Catholic Hierarchy]
* [http://www.igcatolicasmp.org/ Prelature website (Spanish)]
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