Territorial Prelature of Yauyos

The Territorial Prelature of Yauyos () is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Yauyos in the ecclesiastical province of Lima in Peru.

History

• On 12 April 1957, the Territorial Prelature of Yauyos was established from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Prelates of Yauyos (Roman rite)
• Ignacio María de Orbegozo y Goicoechea (April 12, 1957 – April 26, 1968), appointed Bishop of Chiclayo
• Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira (April 26, 1968 – March 2, 1996), appointed Archbishop of Arequipa
• Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez (March 15, 1997 – November 29, 2003), appointed Archbishop of Cuzco
• Ricardo García García (October 12, 2004 – Present)

Auxiliary bishop

• Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez (1991-1997), appointed Prelate here

Other priest of this prelature who became bishop

• José María Ortega Trinidad, appointed Prelate of Juli in 2006

References

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Prelature website (Spanish)