Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trujillo

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Trujillo is an archdiocese located in the city of Trujillo in Peru.

History

On 15 April 1577, the Diocese of Trujillo was erected by the bull Illius fulciti praesidio of Pope Gregory XIII, taking its territory from the Archdiocese of Lima, of which it was originally a suffragan. In the communication dated 23 August 1761 by José Antonio Manso de Velasco — the Viceroy of Peru — to his successor, he indicated that the Diocese of Trujillo had 79,114 people in the 7 provinces that then comprised it: Trujillo, Saña, Piura, Caxamarquilla, Caxamarca, Luya and Chillaos, Chachapoyas. The bishopric also included the governorate of Jaén de Bracamoros, belonging to the Real Audiencia of Quito in the Viceroyalty of New Granada.
On 28 May 1803, the Diocese of Trujillo ceded a portion of its territory for the erection of the Diocese of Maynas.
On 5 April 1908 and 29 February 1940, the Diocese of Trujillo ceded other portions of territory for the erection of the Diocese of Cajamarca and the Diocese of Piura, respectively.
On 23 May 1943, the Diocese of Trujillo was elevated to the rank of metropolitan archdiocese with the bull Inter praecipuas of Pope Pius XII.
On 17 December 1956 and 4 December 1961, the Archdiocese of Trujillo ceded further portions of territory for the purpose of establishing the Diocese of Chiclayo and the Territorial Prelature of Huamachuco, respectively.

Erected: 15 April 1577

Elevated: 23 May 1943

José Higinio Madalengoitia y Sanz de Zárate, appointed Bishop here
Alfonso Zaplana Bellizza, appointed Bishop of Tacna
Luis Baldo Riva, C.SS.R., appointed Prelate of Chuquibamba
Tarcisio Pusma Ibáñez, did not take effect
José Javier Travieso Martín, C.M.F., appointed Vicar Apostolic of San José del Amazonas
Timoteo Solórzano Rojas, M.S.C.
Francisco Castro Lalupú