Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cusco
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cusco is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese with see in the city and old Inca imperial capital of Cusco, in Peru.
[Image:Plaza de Armas de Cuzco.jpg|thumb|235px|Plaza De Armas (main square). The Cathedral lies on the left and the Jesuit church ("Compañía de Jesus") is on the right.]
Its Cathedral archiepiscopal see is the Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption of the Virgin. It also has a Marian Minor basilica: Basílica Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes.
History
- Established on 5 September 1536 as Diocese of Cusco, on vast South American territory split off from the Metropolitan Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Sevilla, in colonial mother country Spain
- It lost territories repeatedly, to establish dioceses: on 1541.05.14 Lima, on 1547.07.01 Paraguay, on 1552.06.27 La Plata, on 1609.07.20 Ayacucho, on 1861.10.07 Puno and on 1900.01.05 the Apostolic Prefecture of San Domingo de Urubamba.
- Between 1546 and 1943 suffragan of the Archdiocese of Lima
- Promoted on 23 May 1943 as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Cusco
- Lost territories to establish on 1958.04.28 the Diocese of Abancay and on 1959.01.10 the Territorial Prelature of Sicuani, both as its suffragan
- It enjoyed a papal visit by Pope John Paul II in February 1985.
Province
Its ecclesiastical province comprises the Metropolitan's own Archdiocese and the following suffragan sees, all in Peru :- Roman Catholic Diocese of Abancay
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Sicuani
- Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla
Episcopal ordinaries
;Suffragan Bishops of Cusco- Vicente Valverde Alvarez, Dominican Order
- Juan Solano, O.P.
- Francisco Ramirez (bishop)
- Mateo Pinello
- Sebastián Lartaún
- Gregorio de Montalvo Olivera, O.P., previously Bishop of Yucatán
- Antonio de Raya Navarrete
- Fernando Mendoza González
- Lorenzo Pérez de Grado, previously Bishop of Paraguay
- Archbishop-Bishop Fernando de Vera y Zuñiga, Augustinian Order, previously Titular Bishop of Bugia & Auxiliary Bishop of Badajoz, Metropolitan Archbishop of Santo Domingo
- * Diego Montoya Mendoza
- Juan Alonso y Ocón ; previously Bishop of Yucatán
- Pedro de Ortega y Sotomayor, previously Bishop of Trujillo, Bishop of Arequipa
- Agustín Muñoz Sandoval
- Bernardo de Izaguirre de los Reyes, previously Bishop of Panamá ; later Archbishop of La Plata
- Juan González de Santiago
- uncanonical:
- , Friars Minor, previously Bishop of Buenos Aires
- Bernardo de Serreda y Villate, Carmelite Order, previously Bishop of Panamá
- , previously Bishop of Córdoba, Bishop of Santiago
- , previously Titular Bishop of Draso & Auxiliary Bishop of Lima, Bishop of Panamá
- , previously Bishop of Panamá
- Juan Manuel Jerónimo de Romaní y Carrillo, previously Bishop of Panamá
- previously Titular Bishop of Tricomia & Auxiliary Bishop of Arequipa, Bishop of Córdoba ; later Archbishop of Granada
- , later Archbishop of Lima
- , O.E.S.A., previously Titular Bishop of Calama & Auxiliary Bishop of Cusco
- Julián Ochoa Campos
- previously Titular Bishop of Tiberiopolis & Auxiliary Bishop of Archbishop of Lima ; emeritate as Titular Bishop of Arad
- Juan Antonio Falcón Iturrizaga
- José Gregorio Castro Miranda, O.F.M., emeritate as Titular Bishop of Clazomenæ
- Pedro Pascuál Francesco Farfán de los Godos, previously Bishop of Huaraz ; later Archbishop of Lima
- Felipe Santiago Hermosa y Sarmiento, later Archbishop Military Vicar of Peru, emeritate as Titular Archbishop of Berœa
- , Redemptorists, previously Bishop of Huancavelica, Titular Bishop of Nisyrus & Military Vicar of Peru ; later Archbishop of Trujillo
- , Jesuits, later Archbishop-Bishop of Callao, also President of Episcopal Conference of Peru
- , previously Bishop of Callao
- Alcides Mendoza Castro ; previously Titular Bishop of Metræ & Auxiliary Bishop of Abancay succeeding as Bishop of Abancay, Titular Archbishop of Pederodiana & Archbishop Military Vicar of Peru
- Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez ; previously Titular Bishop of Castro & Auxiliary Bishop of Abancay & Auxiliary Bishop of Cusco, Auxiliary Bishop of Yauyos, Bishop-Prelate of Territorial Prelature of Yauyos
- , previously Bishop of Tarma
Other affiliated bishops
Auxiliary bishops
^José Calixto Orihuela Valderrama, O.E.S.A., appointed Bishop here- Elías Prado Tello, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga
- Severo Aparicio Quispe, O. de M.
- Juan Antonio Ugarte Pérez, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Yauyos
Other priests of this diocese who became bishops
- Francisco José Marán, appointed Bishop of Concepción, Chile in 1779
- Fidel María Cosío y Medina, appointed Bishop of Puno in 1923
- Ciro Quispe López, appointed Prelate of Juli in 2018