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The Archdiocese of Arequipa (Latin: Arequipensis) is a Latin Church archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in the city of Arequipa in Peru.[1][2] It was erected by Pope Gregory XIII on 15 April 1577 at the request of King Philip II of Spain.[3] The current Archbishop is Javier Augusto Del Río Alba since 21 October 2006.

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Diocese of Arequipa

Erected: 15 April 1577
Latin Name: Arequipensis
Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Lima

Archdiocese of Arequipa

Elevated: 23 May 1943

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Coadjutor bishops

  • Manuel Segundo Ballón Manrique (1896-1898)
  • Javier Augusto Del Río Alba (2006)

Auxiliary bishops

  • Juan Manuel Moscoso y Peralta (1770-1771), appointed Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
  • Giuseppe Luca Barranco, O. de M. (1866), never consecrated
  • Daniel Figueroa Villón (1945-1946), appointed Bishop of Huancayo
  • José Germán Benavides Morriberón (1968-1976)
  • Lorenzo Unfried Gimpel, M.F.S.C. (1969-1980), appointed Prelate of Tarma
  • Felipe María Zalba Elizalde, O.P. (1980-1984), appointed Prelate of Chuquibamba
  • Raúl Antonio Chau Quispe (2019-)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Santiago José O' Phelan Recabarren, appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga) in 1841
  • Julián Ochoa Campos, appointed Bishop of Cuzco in 1864
  • Pedro José Chávez Ponce, appointed Bishop of Puno in 1875
  • Valentín Ampuero Núñez (priest here, 1894–1898), appointed Bishop of Puno in 1909
  • Juan Gualberto Guevara y de la Cuba, appointed Bishop of Trujillo in 1940
  • Pedro Alberto Bustamante López, appointed Prelate of Sicuani in 2013

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