Archdiocese of Piura

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Piura (; ) is an archdiocese located in the city of Piura in Peru.

History

• 29 February 1940: Established as Diocese of Piura from the Diocese of Trujillo
• 30 June 1966: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Piura
• 8 May 2025: Former Bishop of Chiclayo part of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Piura, Robert Francis Prevost, was elected Pope as Pope Leo XIV

Bishops

Ordinaries

Coadjutor bishops

• Federico Pérez Silva (1952-1953)
• Erasmo Hinojosa Hurtado (1961-1963)

Auxiliary bishops

• Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada (1973-1975), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga
• Emilio Vallebuona Merea (1975-1978), appointed Bishop of Huaraz
• Augusto Beuzeville Ferro (1990-2004)

Diocesan priests who became bishops

• Jesús Moliné Labarte, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Chiclayo in 1997

Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Chachapoyas
• Diocese of Chiclayo
• Diocese of Chulucanas
• Territorial Prelature of Chota

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Peru

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website