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Map of Peru
The Catholic Church in Peru is part of the worldwide Catholic Church , under the spiritual leadership of the Pope , the curia in Rome , and the Peruvian Episcopal Conference .
Catholics compose an estimated 74% of Peru's population,[1] [2] [3]
Peru has produced two famous saints, St. Rose of Lima and St. Martin de Porres , as well as two Blesseds, Ana de los Ángeles (Ana Monteagudo Ponce de León) and Antonia Luzmila Rivas López (María Agustina).[4]
In 2023, the Cardinal of Peru was Pedro Barreto .[5]
Demographics [ edit ]
Catholicism has been decreasing for many decades. According to the different census, in 1940, 98.5% of the Peruvian population adhered to Catholicism, decreasing to 94.6% in 1981 and to 81.3% in 2007.
Year
Percent
Decrease
1940
98.5%
-
1961
97.3%
-1.2%
1972
96.4%
-0.9%
1981
94.6%
-1.8%
1993
89.0%
-5.6%
2007
81.3%
-7.7%
2017
76.0%
-5.3%
Dioceses [ edit ]
The Peruvian Catholic Church is divided into dioceses and archdioceses :
Province of Arequipa [ edit ]
Province of Ayacucho [ edit ]
Province of Cusco [ edit ]
Province of Huancayo [ edit ]
Province of Lima [ edit ]
Province of Piura [ edit ]
Province of Trujillo [ edit ]
Apostolic Vicariates [ edit ]
Military Ordinariate [ edit ]
See also [ edit ]
Sources [ edit ]
^ Catholics and Culture website, retrieved 2023-08-08
^ G Catholic website, Saints page, retrieved 2023-08-28
^ "Concistoro Ordinario Pubblico: Assegnazione dei Titoli, 28.06.2018" (Press release) (in Italian). Holy See Press Office. 28 May 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018 .
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Catholic_Church_in_Peru&oldid=1233931173 " C a t e g o r i e s : ● C a t h o l i c C h u r c h i n P e r u ● C a t h o l i c C h u r c h b y c o u n t r y ● C a t h o l i c C h u r c h i n S o u t h A m e r i c a H i d d e n c a t e g o r i e s : ● C S 1 I t a l i a n - l a n g u a g e s o u r c e s ( it ) ● A r t i c l e s w i t h s h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n ● S h o r t d e s c r i p t i o n w i t h e m p t y W i k i d a t a d e s c r i p t i o n
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