Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ayacucho

The Archdiocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Latin: Archidioecesis Ayacuquensis o Huamangensis ) is located in southern Peru Roman Catholic archdiocese based in Ayacucho.

History

The Diocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga was established on 20 July 1609 cession of territory of the Diocese of Cuzco and this later is a suffragan. On June 30, 1966, the Diocese of Ayacucho o Huamanga was raised to an archbishopric. The Archdiocese had in its history several times parts of its territory from the creation of new dioceses.

Bishops

Bishops of Ayacucho o Huamanga

  • Agustín de Carvajal OESA, May 7, 1612 to 1621
  • Francisco Verdugo Cabrera, March 14, 1622-20. July 1636
  • Gabriel de Zarate OP, September 1st, 1637 to 1638
  • Antonio Vega Corderina OESA, May 26, 1642 to 1649
  • Francisco de Godoy, May 2, 1650 to 1659
  • Cipriano de Medina OP, February 16, 1660 to 1664
  • Vasco Jacinto de Contreras y Valverde, June 7, 1666-2. March 1667
  • Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora, June 11, 1668-8. November 1677
  • Sancho Pardo de Andrade de Figueroa y Cárdenas, June 12, 1679-15. November 1688, then Bishop of Quito
  • Francisco Luis de Bruna Rico, December 6 1688-1689
  • Mateo Delgado, December 12, 1689 - July 1695
  • Ladrón Diego de Guevara, April 11, 1699-15. September 1704, then Bishop of Quito
  • Deza y Ulloa Francisco de, February 17, 1706-22. April 1722
  • Alfonso López Roldán OSBas, August 30, 1723-22. February 1741
  • Miguel Bernardino de la Fuenta y Rojas, August 7 1741-1742
  • Francisco Gutiérrez Galeano breath, January 25, 1745-12. October 1748
  • Felipe Manriquez de Lara, February 23, 1750 - January 31, 1763
  • José Luis de Lila y Moreno OESA, August 20, 1764- January 1769
  • Miguel Moreno y Olio, March 12, 1770 - September 11, 1780
  • Francisco López Sánchez, December 10, 1781-2. March 1790
  • Bartolomé Fabro Palacios, April 11, 1791-10. July 1795
  • Francisco Bravo de Rivero Matienzo, June 27, 1796 to 1802
  • José Antonio Martínez de Aldunate y Garcés de Marcilla, March 26, 1804 to 1810, then Archbishop of Santiago de Chile
  • José Vicente Silva y Olave, 1812-1816
  • Pedro Gutiérrez de Coz, 1818-13. March 1826, then Bishop of Puerto Rico
  • Juan Rodríguez Raymúndez, September 17, 1838 - ...
  • Santiago José O'Phelan, July 12, 1841-22. September 1857
  • José Francisco Ezequiel Moreyra, March 27, 1865 to 1874
  • Juan José de Polo, January 18, 1876 to 1893
  • Julian Cáceres Negrón, January 19, 1893-19. April 1900
  • Fidel Olivas Escudero, April 19, 1900-12. April 1935
  • Francesco Solano Muente y Campos, OFM, May 30, 1936-21. July 1939
  • Victorino Alvarez SDB, December 15, 1940-2. March 1958
  • Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor SDB, August 28, 1958-30. June 1966

Archbishops of Ayacucho o Huamanga

  • Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor SDB, June 30, 1966-20. November 1979
  • Federico Richter Fernandez - Prada, OFM, November 20, 1979-23. May 1991
  • Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, May 13, 1995-9. January 1999, then Archbishop of Lima
  • Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre SM, June 13, 2001-6. August 2011
  • Salvador Piñeiro Garcia- Calderon, since August 6, 2011
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