Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima

Archdiocese of Lima

Archidioecesis Limana
Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist
Location
Country Peru
Ecclesiastical provinceLima
Statistics
Area639 km2 (247 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2013)
3,582,000
3,224,000 (90%)
Parishes113
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established14 May 1541 (483 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Basílica San Juan Apóstol y Evangelista
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Metropolitan ArchbishopCarlos Castillo Mattasoglio
Auxiliary Bishops
  • Ricardo Augusto Rodríguez Álvarez
  • Guillermo Teodoro Elías Millares
  • Juan José Salaverry Villarreal
  • Guillermo Antonio Cornejo Monzón
Bishops emeritusJuan Luis Cipriani Thorne
Adriano Tomasi Travaglia
Map
Website
www.arzobispadodelima.org
The Archbishop's Palace of Lima is the seat of the Archdiocese of Lima

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima (Latin: Archidioecesis Limana) is part of the Catholic Church in Peru which enjoys full communion with the Holy See. The Archdiocese was founded as the Diocese of Lima on 14 May 1541. The diocese was raised to the level of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Paul III on 12 February 1546. One of its archbishops was the saint Torribio Mogrovejo.[1][2][3]

The suffragan dioceses are: Callao, Carabayllo, Chosica, Huacho, Ica, Lurín, and (Territorial Prelature) Yauyos. From 1999 to 2019 the Archbishop of Lima was Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, made Cardinal in 2001. The Archbishop's Palace of Lima is the headquarters of the archdiocese.

  1. ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Lima" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
  2. ^ "Archdiocese of Lima" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016
  3. ^ "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 29 February 2016