Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiclayo

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiclayo is a Latin Catholic suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Piura in Peru's northwestern Lambayeque region.

Diocese of Chiclayo Dioecesis Chiclayensis Diócesis de Chiclayo
Cathedral of St. Mary
Location
Country	Peru
Metropolitan	Piura
Statistics
Area	18,226 km2 (7,037 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2006) 1,218,000 1,115,000 (91.5%)
Parishes	22
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	17 December 1956
Cathedral	Catedral Santa María
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova
Bishops emeritus	Jesús Moliné Labarte
Map
Website
diocesischiclayo.org.pe

It is also the former diocese of Pope Leo XIV. The current bishop, since 14 February 2024, is Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova.

The Diocese of Chiclayo was created on 17 December 1956 as the Diocese of Chiclayo. On 17 April 1963, some of its territory was lost to form the Territorial Prelature of Chota.^[1]