Roman Catholic Diocese of Huarí

Diocese of Huarí Dioecesis Huariensis
Location
Country	Peru
Ecclesiastical province	Trujillo
Statistics
Area	23,000 km^2 (8,900 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 306,000 296,500 (96.9%)
Parishes	20
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	15 May 1958 (66 years ago)
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Vacant
Auxiliary Bishops	Giorgio Barbetta

The Diocese of Huarí (Latin: Dioecesis Huariensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Peru. Erected as a Territorial Prelature in 1958, elevation to a full diocese occurred in April 2008. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Trujillo.

History

On 15 May 1958 Pope Pius XII established the Territorial Prelature of Huarí with territory taken from the Huánuco and the Diocese of Huaraz. It was elevated to a diocese by Pope Benedict XVI on 2 April 2008.[1][2]

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Marco Libardoni, O.S.I. † (15 May 1958 – 25 Oct 1966)
• Dante Frasnelli Tarter, O.S.I. † (3 Aug 1967 – 13 Jun 2001)
• Antonio Santarsiero Rosa, O.S.I. (13 Jun 2001 – 4 Feb 2004) Appointed, Bishop of Huacho
• Ivo Baldi Gaburri † (4 Feb 2004 – 11 Jun 2021)

Auxiliary bishop

• Giorgio Barbetta (2019-)

References

1. "Vicariate Apostolic of Huarí". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
2. "Apostolic Vicariate of Huarí". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 18 April 2013.

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