Territorial Prelature of Chuquibamba, Peru 🇵🇪

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Territorial Prelature

Name: Chuquibamba / Chuquibamben(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Arequipa

Neighbouring Dioceses: Caravelí (←), Chuquibambilla (↑), Sicuani (↗), Arequipa (→)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: June 22

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1962.06.05: Established as Territorial Prelature of Chuquibamba / Chuquibamben(sis) (Latin) (from Territorial Prelature of Caravelí and became suffragan of Arequipa)

Contact Info

Address: Aparado 55, Jr. Piérola 322, Camaná, Arequipa, Peru

Phone: (54)57.12.72

Present Prelates

Bishop-Prelate (2025.12.12 – ...):

Bishop Juan Carlos Asqui Pilco (53)

Ordinaries

Prelates of Chuquibamba (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Carlos Asqui Pilco (53)
(2025.12.12 – ...)

Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibamba (Peru)

Born:	1972.12.07 (Tacna, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	2000.04.23
Consecrated Bishop:	2022.05.12

Priest of Tacna y Moquegua (Peru) (2000.04.23 – 2022.03.26)

Titular Bishop of Arpi (2022.03.26 – 2025.12.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua (Peru) (2022.03.26 – 2025.12.12)

Apostolic Administrator of Chuquibamba (Peru) (2024.02.09 – 2025.12.12)

Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibamba (Peru) (2025.12.12 – ...)

Bishop Juan Carlos Asqui Pilco (53)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.02.09 – 2025.12.12)

Bishop Jorge Enrique Izaguirre Rafael, C.S.C. (58)
(2015.05.11 – 2023.12.27)

Bishop of Chosica (Peru)
Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru

Born:	1968.01.14 (Casma, Ancash, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1997.02.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2015.07.10

Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibamba (Peru) (2015.05.11 – 2023.12.27)

Bishop of Chosica (Peru) (2023.12.27 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Peru (2025.01.22 – ...)

Bishop Mario Busquets Jordá
(2001.01.25 – 2015.05.11)

Evangelizare Jesum Christum

Born:	1935.03.03 (Vilobi d’Onyar, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1958.03.19
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.03.24
Died:	2025.12.05 (Cañete, Peru † 90)

Priest of Girona (Spain) (1958.03.19 – 2001.01.25)

Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibamba (Peru) (2001.01.25 – 2015.05.11)

Bishop Felipe María Zalba Elizalde, O.P.
(1984.02.29 – 1999.10.19)

Born:	1927.05.16 (Santoña, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1958.07.13
Consecrated Bishop:	1981.03.01
Died:	1999.10.19 († 72)

Titular Bishop of Cellæ in Proconsulari (1980.12.18 – 1984.02.29)

Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1980.12.18 – 1984.02.29)

Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibamba (Peru) (1984.02.29 – 1999.10.19)

Bishop Luis Baldo Riva, C.SS.R.
(1977.06.27 – 1983.06.27)

Born:	1922.06.21 (Cagliari, Italy)
Ordained Priest:	1947.03.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1969.04.20
Died:	1983.06.27 († 61)

Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1969.03.13 – 1977.06.27)

Titular Bishop of Sarda (1969.03.13 – 1978.01.15)

Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibamba (Peru) (1977.06.27 – 1983.06.27)

Bishop Redento Maria Gauci, O. Carm.
(1962.06.05 – 1977.02)

Born:	1920.12.27 (Valletta, Malta)
Ordained Priest:	1943.08.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1967.04.30
Died:	1978.02.10 (Malta † 57)

Bishop-Prelate of Chuquibamba (Peru) (1962.06.05 – 1977.02)

Titular Bishop of Ida in Mauretania (1967.04.08 – 1978.02.10)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Miguel Arcángel, Camana, Arequipa
Former Cathedral (now ruined): Ex-Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción, Chuquibamba, Arequipa
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Caravelí (←), Chuquibambilla (↑), Sicuani (↗), Arequipa (→)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 22,151 km²

Population: 119,223 Catholics (89.6% of 133,118 total)

Pastoral Centres: 21 parishes, 57 missions

Personnel: 25 priests (20 diocesan, 5 religious), 39 religious (5 brothers, 34 sisters), 5 seminarians