Territorial Prelature of

Juli

Peru

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Territorial Prelature

Name: Juli / Iulien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Arequipa

Neighbouring Dioceses: Tacna y Moquegua (↙), Puno (↖), El Alto (→), Corocoro (↘)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Patron Saint: San Pedro (June 29)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 11

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1957.08.03: Established as Territorial Prelature of Juli / Iulien(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Puno and became suffragan of Arequipa)
2019.04.03: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané

Contact Info

Address: Prelatura de Juli, Apartado 966, Plaza de Armas s/n, Juli, Puno, Peru

Phone: (51)55.40.04

Present Prelates

Bishop-Prelate:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2025.09.24 – ...):	Bishop Giovanni Cefai, M.S.S.P. (58) Bishop-Prelate of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané (Peru)

Ordinaries

Prelates of Juli (Roman Rite)

Bishop Giovanni Cefai, M.S.S.P. (58)
(Apostolic Administrator 2025.09.24 – ...)

Bishop Ciro Quispe López (52)
(2018.11.15 – 2025.09.24)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Juli (Peru)

In servitium verbi

Born:	1973.10.20 (Cuzco, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	2001.11.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.12.15

Priest of Cusco (Peru) (2001.11.30 – 2018.11.15)

Bishop-Prelate of Juli (Peru) (2018.11.15 – 2025.09.24)

Bishop José María Ortega Trinidad (75)
(2006.04.22 – 2018.11.15)

Bishop-Prelate emeritus of Juli (Peru)

Mane nobiscum Domine

Born:	1950.12.30 (Nava, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1978.06.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.07.01

Priest of Yauyos (Peru) (1978.06.25 – 2006.04.22)

Bishop-Prelate of Juli (Peru) (2006.04.22 – 2018.11.15)

Bishop Elio Alevi Pérez Tapia, S.D.B.
(2001.04.19 – 2005.06.25)

Born:	1946.02.13 (Querocoto, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1975.06.06
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.06.10
Died:	2006.12.05 (Lima, Peru † 60)

Bishop-Prelate of Juli (Peru) (2001.04.19 – 2005.06.25)

Bishop Raimundo Revoredo Ruiz, C.M.
(1988.11.25 – 1999.05.29)

Born:	1927.12.28 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1950.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1989.01.05
Died:	2021.12.01 (Lima, Peru † 93)

Bishop-Prelate of Juli (Peru) (1988.11.25 – 1999.05.29)

Bishop Edward Louis Fedders, M.M.
(1957.08.03 – 1973.03.11)

Born:	1913.12.04 (Covington, KY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1944.06.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1963.12.12
Died:	1973.03.11 (Juli, Peru † 59)

Bishop-Prelate of Juli (Peru) (1957.08.03 – 1973.03.11)

Titular Bishop of Antiochia ad Mæandrum (1963.10.29 – 1973.03.11)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Pedro Mártir, Juli, Puno

Tacna y Moquegua (↙), Puno (↖), El Alto (→), Corocoro (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 13,805 km²

Population: 186,800 Catholics (81.3% of 229,800 total)

Pastoral Centres: 16 parishes

Personnel: 20 priests (18 diocesan, 2 religious), 15 religious (2 brothers, 13 sisters), 4 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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