Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba

Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba Praelatura Territorialis Moyobambensis
Location
Country	Peru
Metropolitan	Trujillo
Statistics
Area	45,775 km2 (17,674 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2004) 692,232 553,785 (80.0%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Bishop	Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea
Metropolitan Archbishop	Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori SJ

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

History

• March 7, 1948: Established as Territorial Prelature of Moyobamba from the Diocese of Chachapoyas

Bishops

• Prelates of Moyobamba (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order
  • Bishop Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea (July 21, 2007 – Present)
  • Bishop José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. (June 6, 2000 – July 21, 2007)
  • Bishop Venancio Celestino Orbe Uriarte, C.P. (August 25, 1967 – June 6, 2000)
  • Bishop Martin Fulgencio Elorza Legaristi, C.P. (January 15, 1949 – December 30, 1966)

Coadjutor prelates

• José Ramón Santos Iztueta Mendizábal, C.P. (1998-2000)
• Rafael Alfonso Escudero López-Brea (2006-2007)

Canonical status and jurisdiction

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

• Part of: Ecclesiastical Province of Trujillo

Bibliography

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy
• Prelature website (Spanish) Archived 2008-06-30 at the Wayback Machine