Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima

Archdiocese of Lima Archidioecesis Limanus
Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist
Location
Country	Peru
Ecclesiastical province	Lima
Statistics
Area	639 km^2 (247 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 3,582,000 3,224,000 (90%)
Parishes	113
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	14 May 1541 (475 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Basílica San Juan Apóstol y Evangelista
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne
Auxiliary Bishops	Raúl Antonio Chau Quispe Adriano Tomasi Travaglia, O.F.M.
Emeritus Bishops	Mario Renato Cornejo Radavero (Auxiliary)
Website
www.arzobispadodelima.org

The Archbishop's Palace of Lima is the seat of the Archdiocese of Lima

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima (Latin: Archidioecesis Limanus) is part of the Roman 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]

The suffragan dioceses are: Callao, Carabayllo, Chosica, Huacho, Ica and Lurin. Since 1999 the Archbishop of Lima is Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne. The Archbishop's Palace of Lima is the headquarters of the archdiocese.

Ordinaries

Diocese of Lima

Erected: 14 May 1541

• Jerónimo de Loayza, O.P. (13 May 1541 - 25 Oct 1575) Died

Archdiocese of Lima

Elevated: 12 February 1546

• Diego Gómez de Lamadrid, O.SS.T. (27 Mar 1577 - 13 Jun 1578) Appointed, Archbishop (Personal Title) of Badajoz^[3]
• St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo (16 May 1579 - 23 May 1606) Died^[4]
• Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero (19 Nov 1607 - 12 Jan 1622) Died^[5]
• Gonzalo del Campo (López de Ocampo) (2 Oct 1623 - 15 Oct 1627) Died^[6]
• Hernando de Arias y Ugarte (1630 – 27 Jan 1638) Died^[7]
• Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco (16 Jul 1640 – 12 May 1671) Died^[8]
• Juan de Almoguera, O.SS.T. (6 May 1674 – 2 Mar 1676) Died^[9]
• Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros (14 Jun 1677 – 28 Jun 1708) Died^[10]
• Antonio de Zuloaga (21 May 1714 – 21 Jan 1722) Died
• Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, O.SS.T. (12 May 1723 – 12 Mar 1730) Died^[11]
• Juan Francisco Antonio de Escandón, C.R. (1732 – 28 Apr 1739) Died
• José Antonio Gutiérrez y Ceballos (11 Nov 1740 – 16 Jan 1745) Died
• Agustín Rodríguez Delgado (14 Jun 1746 – 18 Dec 1746) Died
• Pedro Antonio de Barroeta Angel (18 Sep 1748 – 19 Dec 1757) Appointed, Archbishop of Granada
• Diego del Corro (13 Mar 1758 – 28 Jan 1761) Died
• Diego Antonio de Parada (25 Jan 1762 – 23 Apr 1779) Died
• Juan Domingo González de la Reguera (18 Sep 1780 – 8 Mar 1805) Died
• Bartolomé María de las Heras Navarro (31 Mar 1806 – 6 Sep 1823) Died
• Jorge Benavente Macoaga (23 Jun 1834 – 10 Mar 1839) Died
• Francisco de Sales Arrieta Ortiz (13 Jul 1840 – 4 May 1843) Died
• Francisco Javier Luna-Pizarro y Pacheco de Chávez (24 Apr 1845 – 4 Feb 1855) Died
• José Manuel Pasquel Losada (28 Sep 1855 – 15 Oct 1857) Died
• José Sebastian Goyeneche y Barreda (26 Sep 1859 – 19 Feb 1872) Died
• Manuel Teodoro del Valle Seoane (29 Aug 1872 – 19 Nov 1872) Resigned
• Francisco de Asis Orueta y Castrillón (21 Mar 1873 – ?) Died
• Manuel Antonio Bandini Mazuelos (1889–1898) Died
• Manuel Tovar y Chamorro (22 Aug 1898 – 25 May 1907) Died
• Pedro Manuel García Naranjó (19 Dec 1907 – 10 Sep 1917) Died
• Emilio Juan Francisco Lissón y Chávez, C.M. (25 Feb 1918 – 3 Mar 1931) Resigned
• Pedro Pascuál Francesco Farfán de los Godos (18 Sep 1933 – 17 Sep 1945) Died
• Cardinal Juan Guevara (16 Dec 1945 – 27 Nov 1954) Died
• Cardinal Juan Landázuri Ricketts, O.F.M. (2 May 1955 – 30 Dec 1989) Retired
• Cardinal Augusto Vargas Alzamora, S.J. (30 Dec 1989 – 9 Jan 1999) Retired
• Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (9 Jan 1999 – ) Retired

Auxiliary bishops

• Francisco Cisneros y Mendoza (1702-1724)^[12]

References

1.  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Lima". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
2. GCatholic.org: "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima" retrieved November 16, 2015
3. "Archbishop Diego Gómez de Lamadrid, O.SS.T." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
4. "Archbishop St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
5. "Archbishop Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
6. "Archbishop Gonzalo del Campo (López de Ocampo)" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
7. "Archbishop Hernando de Arias y Ugarte" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
8. "Archbishop Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
9. "Archbishop Juan de Almoguera, O.SS.T." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
10. "Archbishop Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
11. "Archbishop Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, O.SS.T." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
12. "Bishop Francisco Cisneros y Mendoza" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016

Coordinates: 12°02′48″S 77°01′47″W / 12.0466°S 77.0298°W