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Archdiocese of Lima
Archidioecesis Limana
Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Apostle and Evangelist
Location
Country
Peru
Ecclesiastical province
Lima
Statistics
Area
639 km2 (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 (483 years ago)
Cathedral
Catedral Basílica San Juan Apóstol y Evangelista
Current leadership
Pope
Francis
Metropolitan Archbishop
Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio
Auxiliary Bishops
Ricardo Augusto Rodríguez Álvarez, Guillermo Teodoro Elías Millares, Juan José Salaverry Villarreal, Guillermo Antonio Cornejo Monzón
Bishops emeritus
Juan 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.
^Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Archdiocese of Lima" . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
^"Archdiocese of Lima" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 29 February 2016
^"Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 29 February 2016
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