Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla

Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla Praelatura Territorialis Chuquibambillensis
Location
Country	Peru
Metropolitan	Cuzco
Statistics
Area	7,724 km2 (2,982 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2004) 83,000 80,000 (96.4%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Prelate	Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, O.S.A.
Bishops emeritus	Domenico Berni Leonardi, O.S.A.

The Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Chuquibambillensis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Chuquibambilla in the ecclesiastical province of Cuzco in Peru.

History

• On April 26, 1968, the Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla was established from the Diocese of Abancay

Ordinaries

• Prelates of Chuquibambilla (Roman rite)
  • Lorenzo Miccheli Filippetti, O.S.A. (August 12, 1976 – July 16, 1986)
  • Domenico Berni Leonardi, O.S.A. (March 29, 1989 – April 24, 2018)
  • Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova, O.S.A. (April 24, 2018 – December 7, 2019), Apostolic Administrator; (December 7, 2019 – present)

Canonical status and jurisdiction

Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla is a territorial prelature of the Catholic Church.

• Religious territory: ecclesiastical province of Cuzco
• Part of: ecclesiastical province of Cuzco

Bibliography

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy