Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Huancayo

Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo Archidioecesis Metropolitanae Huancayensis
Metropolitan Archcathedral of the Most Holy Trinity
Location
Country	Peru
Statistics
Area	15,145 km2 (5,848 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 792,505 728,867 (92.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop	Luis Alberto Huamán Camayo
Bishops emeritus	Pedro Barreto
Website
Website

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo (Latin: Huancayen(sis)) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in Peru's western Amazonian Junín Region.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad (dedicated to the Holy Trinity) in the city of Huancayo.

• Established on 18 December 1944 as Diocese of Huancayo on territory split off from the Diocese of Huánuco
• Lost territory on 15 May 1585 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Tarma
• 30 June 1966: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo

Bishops of Huancayo

• Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. (1945–1946), appointed Archbishop of Arequipa
• Daniel Figueroa Villón (1946–1956), appointed Bishop of Chiclayo
• Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz (1956–1966); see below

Archbishops of Huancayo

• Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz (1966–1971); see above
• Eduardo Picher Peña (1971–1984), appointed Military Vicar and later Military Ordinary of Peru
• Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. (1985–1991)
• José Paulino Ríos Reynoso (1995–2003), appointed Archbishop of Arequipa
• Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J. (2004–2024)
• Luis Alberto Huamán Camayo O.M.I. (2024–)^[1]

• Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I. (2016–2021)

Apart from the metropolitan archdiocese, its province comprises two suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Huánuco
• Diocese of Tarma

• Roman Catholicism in Peru

• GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Diocese website

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