Archdiocese of Lima


The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima 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.
The suffragan dioceses are: Callao, Carabayllo, Chosica, Huacho, Ica, Lurín, and 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.

History

The Diocese of Lima was erected on May 14, 1541, by Pope Paul III, obtaining the territory of the then Diocese of Cuzco. It was originally a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Seville.The first Bishop of Lima was Jerónimo de Loayza, who was elected on May 13, 1541. In 1535, construction began on the Lima Metropolitan Cathedral as the main church. On January 8, 1546, it ceded a portion of its territory for the establishment of the then Diocese of Quito through the Militantis Ecclesiae of Pope Paul III.
On February 12, 1546, it was elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Paul III. The original ecclesiastical province included all the dioceses of the Spanish possessions on the Pacific coast of America in the Viceroyalty of Peru, namely: the dioceses of Nicaragua, Panama, Quito, and, to which the diocese of Popayán was added in August of the same year. Fray Gerónimo de Loayza González automatically became its first archbishop. On June 27, 1561, another portion of territory was ceded for the erection of the then Diocese of Santiago de Chile by Pope Pius IV.
In 1572, Pope Pius V granted the archbishops of Lima the title of Primates of Peru, which was later confirmed by Pope Gregory XVI in 1834. On April 15, 1577, he ceded new portions of territory for the establishment of the then Diocese of Trujillo through Pope Gregory XIII.
On December 7, 1590, the saintly Archbishop Turibius of Mogrovejo established the first seminary on the American continent in Lima, which today bears his name. On October 19, 1625, the present, Lima Metropolitan Cathedral was consecrated.
In the report from the Viceroy of Peru, José Antonio Manso de Velasco, to his successor dated August 23, 1761, he indicated that the archdiocese had a population of 102,153 in the 15 provinces that then comprised it. It had 161 curacies, of which 14 were Spanish parishes.
On April 29, 1967, he ceded new portions of his territory for the establishment of the Diocese of Callao by the bull Aptiorem Ecclesiarum of Pope Paul VI. On March 10, 1970, the Archdiocese ceded the district of Ventanilla to the Diocese of Callao.
On October 6, 1990, with the apostolic letter Antiquissimus sane, Pope John Paul II confirmed the Blessed Virgin Mary, venerated under the title of Our Lady of Evangelization, as patron of the archdiocese. On December 14, 1996, it ceded new portions of its territory for the erection by Pope John Paul II of the dioceses of Carabayllo, Chosica, and Lurín.

Ordinaries

Diocese of Lima

Erected: 14 May 1541
  • Jerónimo de Loayza, OP

    Archdiocese of Lima

Elevated: 12 February 1546
  • Diego Gómez de Lamadrid, OSsT Appointed, Archbishop of Badajoz
  • St. Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo Died
  • Bartolomé Lobo Guerrero Died
  • Gonzalo del Campo Died
  • Hernando de Arias y Ugarte Died
  • Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco Died
  • Juan de Almoguera, OSsT Died
  • Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros Died
  • Antonio de Zuloaga Died
  • Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, OSsT Died
  • Juan Francisco Antonio de Escandón, CR Died
  • José Antonio Gutiérrez y Ceballos Died
  • Agustín Rodríguez Delgado Died
  • Pedro Antonio Barroeta y Ángel Appointed, Archbishop of Granada
  • Diego del Corro Died
  • Diego Antonio de Parada Died
  • Juan Domingo González de la Reguera Died
  • Bartolomé María de las Heras Navarro Died
  • Jorge Benavente Macoaga Died
  • Francisco de Sales Arrieta Ortiz Died
  • Francisco Javier Luna-Pizarro y Pacheco de Chávez Died
  • José Manuel Pasquel Losada Died
  • José Sebastian Goyeneche y Barreda Died
  • Manuel Teodoro del Valle Seoane Resigned
  • Francisco de Asis Orueta y Castrillón Died
  • Manuel Antonio Bandini Mazuelos Died
  • Manuel Tovar y Chamorro Died
  • Pedro Manuel García Naranjo Died
  • Emilio Juan Francisco Lissón y Chávez, CM Resigned
  • Pedro Pascuál Francesco Farfán de los Godos Died
  • Cardinal Juan Gualberto Guevara Died
  • Cardinal Juan Landázuri Ricketts, OFM Retired
  • Cardinal Augusto Vargas Alzamora, SJ Retired
  • Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne Retired
  • Cardinal Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio

    Other affiliated bishops

Coadjutor archbishop

  • Juan Landázuri Ricketts, OFM ; future Cardinal

    Auxiliary bishops

°Antonio Vigo, OdeM, did not take effect
  • Blasius de Aguinaga, did not take effect
  • Nicolás de Ulloa y Hurtado de Mendoza, OSA, appointed Bishop of Córdoba, Argentina
  • Francisco Cisneros y Mendoza
  • Pedro Morcillo Rubio de Auñón, appointed Bishop of Panamá
  • Francisco Gutiérrez Galeano, appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga
  • Francisco Javier Luna-Pizarro y Pacheco de Chávez, appointed Archbishop here
  • José Manuel Pasquel y Losada, appointed Archbishop here
  • Francisco de Asis Orueta y Castrillón, CO, appointed Bishop of Trujillo
  • Pedro José Tordoya Montoya, appointed Bishop of Cuzco
  • Pedro Ignacio de Benavente y del Castillo
  • Manuel Antonio Bandini Mazuelos, appointed Archbishop here
  • José María Carpenter Aponte
  • Manuel Tovar y Chamorro, appointed Archbishop here
  • Julian Cáceres Negrón
  • Segundo Ballón Manrique
  • José Gregorio Castro Miranda, OFM
  • Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, OFM, appointed Bishop of Huancayo
  • Federico Pérez Silva, CM, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Piura
  • Fidel Mario Tubino Mongilardi
  • José Antonio Dammert Bellido, appointed Bishop of Cajamarca
  • Mario Renato Cornejo Radavero
  • Luis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, SJ, appointed Prelate of Chimbote
  • Germán Schmitz Sauerborn, MSC
  • Augusto Beuzeville Ferro, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Piura
  • Alberto Aurelio Brazzini Diaz-Ufano
  • Alfredo Noriega Arce, SJ
  • Javier Miguel Ariz Huarte, OP
  • Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins, appointed Bishop of Tacna
  • Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, OFM, appointed Bishop of Peru, Military
  • Oscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, SM
  • Norbert Klemens Strotmann Hoppe, MSC, appointed Bishop of Chosica
  • José Antonio Eguren Anselmi, SCV, appointed Archbishop of Piura
  • Carlos Enrique García Camader, appointed Bishop of Lurín
  • Adriano Tomasi Travaglia, OFM
  • Guillermo Martín Abanto Guzmán, appointed Bishop of Peru, Military
  • Raúl Antonio Chau Quispe, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa
  • Guillermo Teodoro Elías Millares
  • Ricardo Augusto Rodríguez Álvarez

    Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

  • Diego Montero del Aguila, appointed Bishop of Concepción, Chile in 1708
  • Juan Manuel Moscoso y Peralta, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa in 1770
  • José Vicente Silva Avilés y Olave Salaverría, appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga in 1815; did not take effect
  • Pedro Gutiérrez de Cos y Saavedra Seminario, appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga in 1818
  • Juan Rodríguez Reymúndez, appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga in 1838; did not take effect
  • Agustín Guillermo Charún Espinoza, appointed Bishop of Trujillo in 1853
  • Bartolomé Manuel Herrera Vélez, appointed Bishop of Arequipa in 1859
  • Juan María Ambrosio Huerta Galván, appointed Bishop of Puno in 1865
  • José Francisco Ezequiel Moreyra, appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga in 1865
  • Juan José de Polo Valenzuela, appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga in 1875
  • Manuel Santiago Medina y Bañon, appointed Bishop of Trujillo in 1889
  • Ismaele Puirredón, appointed Bishop of Puno in 1889
  • Juan Antonio Falcón Iturrizaga, appointed Bishop of Cuzco in 1893
  • Carlos Garcia Irigoyen, appointed Bishop of Trujillo in 1910
  • Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón, appointed Bishop of Peru, Military in 2001
  • Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral, appointed Bishop of Chulucanas in 2020