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Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua
Roman Catholic diocese in Peru / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua (Latin: Dioecesis Tacnensis et Moqueguensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa in southern Peru, comprising the lay administrative regions Tacna Region and Moquegua region.
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Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua Dioecesis Tacnensis et Moqueguensis Tacna y Moquegua | |
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Location | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Arequipa |
Statistics | |
Area | 30,539 km2 (11,791 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 625,000 556,000 (89%) |
Parishes | 38 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 18 December 1944 (79 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario |
Co-cathedral | Co-Catedral Santa Catalina |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Marco Antonio Cortez Lara |
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