Diocese of Chiclayo
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Chiclayo is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of Piura in Peru's northwestern Lambayeque region.
Its episcopal see is Cathedral Santa María in the city of Chiclayo. It is also the former diocese of Pope Leo XIV. The current bishop, since 14 February 2024, is Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova.
History
The Diocese of Chiclayo was established on 17 December 1956 as the Diocese of Chiclayo, its territory taken from the Diocese of Cajamarca and Metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo on 30 June 1966. On 17 April 1963, some of its territory was lost to form the Territorial Prelature of Chota.Between 2015 and 2023, the Diocese of Chiclayo was under the administration of Robert Francis Prevost, later a cardinal. Following the death of Pope Francis, Prevost, was elected by the College of Cardinals in Conclave on 8 May 2025, as the first pope with Peruvian citizenship. Prevost would take the papal name Pope Leo XIV.
Bishops
- Bishop Daniel Figueroa Villón, previously Titular Bishop of Parnassus & Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa , Bishop of Huancayo
- * Auxiliary Bishop Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira, Titular Bishop of Nilopolis, Bishop-Prelate of Yauyos , later Metropolitan Archbishop of Arequipa
- Bishop Ignacio María de Orbegozo y Goicoechea, previously Bishop-Prelate of Yauyos, Titular Bishop of Ariassus
- Bishop Jesús Moliné Labarte, previously Coadjutor Bishop of Chiclayo
- Bishop Robert Francis Prevost , later Pope Leo XIV.
- * Apostolic Administrator
- Bishop Guillermo Antonio Cornejo Monzón, Titular Bishop of Decoriana & Auxiliary Bishop of Lima
- Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, previously Apostolic Administrator of Chuquibambilla
Coadjutor bishop
- Jesús Moliné Labarte
Auxiliary bishop
- Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira, appointed Prelate of Yauyos
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Marco Antonio Cortez Lara, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Tacna y Moquegua in 2005
- Héctor Eduardo Vera Colona, appointed Bishop of Ica in 2007