Diocese of Lurín

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Lurín (Latin: Lurinen(sis)) is a diocese located in the Lurín District in the ecclesiastical province of Lima in Peru.

Diocese of Lurín Dioecesis Lurinensis
Location
Country	Peru
Ecclesiastical province	Lima
Statistics
Area	185 km2 (71 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2004) 2,271,000 2,313,000 (85.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Catedral San Pedro
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Carlos García Camader

History

• 14 December 1996: Established as Diocese of Lurín from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima^{[citation needed]}

Bishops

Ordinaries

• José Ramón Gurruchaga Ezama, S.D.B. (14 December 1996 – 17 June 2006)
• Carlos García Camader (since 17 June 2006)

Auxiliary bishop

• Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón (2003-2006?), appointed Archbishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga in 2011

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral, appointed Bishop of Chulucanas in 2020

See also

• Roman Catholicism in Peru

Sources

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy

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