Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua

Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua; Dioecesis Tacnensis et Moqueguensis; Tacna y Moquegua
	Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
Location
Country	Peru
Ecclesiastical province	Arequipa
Statistics
Area	30,539 km2 (11,791 sq mi)
Population; Total; Catholics	(as of 2010); 625,000; 556,000 (89%)
Parishes	38
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	18 December 1944 (81 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Co-cathedral	Co-Catedral Santa Catalina
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Marco Antonio Cortez Lara

Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua — The Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua (Latin: Dioecesis Tacnensis et Moqueguensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa in southern Peru, comprising the lay administrative regions Tacna Region and Moquegua region.

History

On 18 December 1944 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Tacna from the territory of the Archdiocese of Arequipa. John Paul II renamed it the Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua on 11 July 1992.^[1]^[2]

Carlos Alberto Arce Masías † (6 Jul 1945 – 17 Dec 1956) Appointed, Bishop of Huánuco
Alfonso Zaplana Bellizza † (17 Dec 1957 – 28 Apr 1973)
Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor † (5 Oct 1973 – 9 Sep 1981) Appointed, Archbishop of Piura
Oscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, S. M. † (16 Dec 1982 – 13 Feb 1991)
José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins † (6 Jun 1991 – 1 Sep 2006)
Marco Antonio Cortez Lara (1 Sep 2006 – present)

José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona (2000-2004), did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Huaraz
Marco Antonio Cortez Lara (2005-2006)

Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua is a diocese of the catholic church of the Catholic Church.^[3]