Metropolitan Archdiocese of Piura, Peru 🇵🇪

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Piura / Piuren(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Chachapoyas, Chiclayo, Chulucanas, Chota

Neighbouring Dioceses: Machala (↑), Loja (↗), Chulucanas (→), Chiclayo (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: January 6

Liturgical Calendar 📅

History

1940.02.29: Established as Diocese of Piura / Piuren(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Trujillo and became suffragan of Lima)
1943.05.23: Became suffragan of Trujillo
1964.03.04: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Chulucanas
1966.06.30: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Piura / Piuren(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Chachapoyas, Chiclayo, Chota and Chulucanas)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1985.02)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2025.12.12 – ...):

Archbishop Luciano Maza Huamán (68)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Piura (Roman Rite)

Archbishop Luciano Maza Huamán (68)
(2025.12.12 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Piura (Peru)

Fiat mihi secundum verbum tuum

Born:	1957.06.04 (Castilla, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1987.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2026.02.21

Priest of Piura (Peru) (1987.03.25 – 2025.12.12)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Piura (Peru) (2025.12.12 – ...)

Bishop Guillermo Teodoro Elías Millares (72)
(Apostolic Administrator 2024.04.02 – 2025.12.12)

Archbishop José Antonio Eguren Anselmi (69)
(2006.07.11 – 2024.04.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Piura (Peru)

Remis velisque

Born:	1956.06.14 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1982.12.12
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.04.07

Titular Bishop of Castellum Ripæ (2002.02.16 – 2006.07.11)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) (2002.02.16 – 2006.07.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Piura (Peru) (2006.07.11 – 2024.04.02)

Expelled from Sodalitium of Christian Life 2024.09.25.

Archbishop Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor
(1981.09.09 – 2006.07.11)

Born:	1931.05.13 (Ascope, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1955.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.12.02
Died:	2011.11.08 (Lima, Peru † 80)

Bishop of Tacna (Peru) (1973.10.05 – 1981.09.09)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Piura (Peru) (1981.09.09 – 2006.07.11)

Archbishop Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J.
(1978.01.18 – 1980.09.26)

Born:	1918.03.08 (Arequipa, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1949.12.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1971.11.13
Died:	2003.12.08 (Lima, Peru † 85)

Bishop of Huaraz (Peru) (1971.09.21 – 1978.01.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Piura (Peru) (1978.01.18 – 1980.09.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Arequipa (Peru) (1980.09.26 – 1996.03.02)

Archbishop Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado
(1966.06.30 – 1977.08.06)

Born:	1914.11.25 (Parinacochas, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1937.01.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.06.11
Died:	1977.08.06 (Lima, Peru † 62)

Titular Bishop of Boseta (1961.05.03 – 1963.01.06)

Coadjutor Bishop of Piura (Peru) (1961.05.03 – 1963.01.06)

Bishop of Piura (Peru) (1963.01.06 – 1966.06.30)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Piura (Peru) (1966.06.30 – 1977.08.06)

Bishops of Piura (Roman Rite)

Bishop Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado (later Archbishop)
(1963.01.06 – 1966.06.30)

(see above)

Bishop Carlos Alberto Arce Masías
(1959.02.06 – 1963.01.06)

Born:	1903.11.24 (Simbale, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1927.10.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1945.07.15
Died:	1963.01.06 (Lima, Peru † 59)

Bishop of Tacna (Peru) (1945.07.06 – 1956.12.17)

Bishop of Huánuco (Peru) (1956.12.17 – 1959.02.06)

Bishop of Piura (Peru) (1959.02.06 – 1963.01.06)

Bishop Federico Pérez Silva, C.M. (later Archbishop)
(1953 – 1955)

Born:	1903.02.07 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1925.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1946.10.20
Died:	1965.10.16 († 62)

Titular Bishop of Carystus (1946.09.20 – 1953)

Auxiliary Bishop of Lima (Peru) (1946.09.20 – 1953)

Bishop of Piura (Peru) (1953 – 1955)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru) (1957.06.15 – 1965.10.16)

Bishop Fortunato Chirichigno Pontolido, S.D.B.
(1941.01.27 – 1953.01.02)

Born:	1880.05.20 (Lima, Peru)
Ordained Priest:	1910.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1941.03.02
Died:	1953.01.02 († 72)

Bishop of Piura (Peru) (1941.01.27 – 1953.01.02)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado (later Archbishop) (1961.05.03 – 1963.01.06)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Augusto Beuzeville Ferro (1990.08.31 – 2004.06.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. (later Archbishop) (1975.10.21 – 1978.01.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M. (later Archbishop) (1973.04.12 – 1975.09.20)

Special Churches

Churches by City (69)

Machala (↑), Loja (↗), Chulucanas (→), Chiclayo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 26,636 km²

Population: 1,618,216 Catholics (85.0% of 1,903,783 total)

Pastoral Centres: 50 parishes

Personnel: 108 priests (72 diocesan, 36 religious), 196 religious (50 brothers, 146 sisters), 35 seminarians