Roman Catholic Diocese of Chulucanas

Diocese of Chulucanas Dioecesis Chulucanensis
Location
Country	Peru
Metropolitan	Piura
Statistics
Area	12,498 km2 (4,826 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 485,000 435,000 (89.7%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Catedral la Sagrada Familia
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral, elect
Bishops emeritus	Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chulucanas (Latin: Chulucanen(sis)) is a diocese located in the city of Chulucanas in the ecclesiastical province of Piura in Peru.

History

• 4 March 1964: Established as Territorial Prelature of Chulucanas
• 12 December 1988: Promoted as Diocese of Chulucanas

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Prelate of Chulucanas (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A. (1964.03.04 – 1988.12.12); see below
• Bishops of Chulucanas (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Juan Conway McNabb, O.S.A. (1988.12.12 – 2000.10.28); see above
  • Bishop Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A. (2000.10.28 – 2020.04.02)
  • Bishop Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral (2020.04.02 - present)

Coadjutor bishop

• Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A. (1996-2000)

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Tarcisio Pusma Ibáñez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Trujillo in 2008; did not take effect

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Peru

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy