Roman Catholic Diocese of Abancay

Diocese of Abancay Dioecesis Abancaiensis
Location
Country	Peru
Ecclesiastical province	Cuzco
Statistics
Area	12,950 km2 (5,000 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2005) 335,628 310,628 (92.6%)
Parishes	17
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Secular priests	58
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Gilberto Gómez González

The Diocese of Abancay is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Peru. It was erected on April 28, 1958 from the territory of the Archdiocese of Cuzco with Alcides Mendoza Castro being made its first bishop. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province to the metropolitan Archdiocese of Cuzco.

Gilberto Gómez González has been the bishop of the diocese since 2009.

Bishops

Ordinaries

The cathedral.

• Alcides Mendoza Castro (1962–1967), appointed Archbishop (personal title) of Peru, Military
• Enrique Pélach y Feliú (1968–1992)
• Isidro Sala Ribera (1992–2009)
• Gilberto Gómez González (2009– )

Coadjutor bishop

• Isidro Sala Ribera (1990-1992)

Auxiliary bishops

• Alcides Mendoza Castro (1958-1962), appointed Bishop here
• Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez (1983-1986), appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Cuzco
• Isidro Sala Ribera (1986-1990), appointed Coadjutor here
• Gilberto Gómez González (2001-2009), appointed Bishop here

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Gabino Miranda Melgarejo, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga in 2004

Sources

• Diocese of Abancay / catholic-hierarchy.com

See also

List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Peru