The Roman Catholic Metropolitan

Metropolitan bishop

In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis; that is, the chief city of a historical Roman province, ecclesiastical province, or regional capital.Before the establishment of...

  Archdiocese of Lima is part of the Roman Catholic Church

Roman Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the world's largest Christian church, with over a billion members. Led by the Pope, it defines its mission as spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ, administering the sacraments and exercising charity...

 in Peru

Peru

Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....

 which enjoys full communion with the Holy See

Holy See

The Holy See is the episcopal jurisdiction of the Catholic Church in Rome, in which its Bishop is commonly known as the Pope. It is the preeminent episcopal see of the Catholic Church, forming the central government of the Church. As such, diplomatically, and in other spheres the Holy See acts and...

. The Archdiocese was founded as the Diocese of Lima on 14 May 1541. The diocese was raised to the level of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Paul III

Pope Paul III

Pope Paul III , born Alessandro Farnese, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from 1534 to his death in 1549. He came to the papal throne in an era following the sack of Rome in 1527 and rife with uncertainties in the Catholic Church following the Protestant Reformation...

 on 12 February 1546. One of its archbishops was the saint Torribio Mogrovejo.

The suffragan dioceses are: Callao, Carabayllo, Chosica, Huacho, Ica and Lurin. Since 1999 the Archbishop

Archbishop

An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...

 of Lima

Lima

Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima...

 is Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne. The Archbishop's Palace of Lima

Archbishop's Palace of Lima

The Archbishop's Palace of Lima, the capital of Peru, is the residence of the Archbishop of Lima, and the administrative headquarters of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lima...

 is the headquarters of the archdiocese.

List of Archbishops since 1630

• Hernando de Arias y Ugarte (1630 - 27 Jan 1638)
• Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco (16 Jul 1640 - 12 May 1671)
• Juan de Almoguera, O.SS.T. (6 May 1674 - 2 Mar 1676)
• Melchor de Liñán y Cisneros (14 Jun 1677 - 28 Jun 1708)
• Antonio de Zuloaga (21 May 1714 - 21 Jan 1722)
• Diego Morcillo Rubio de Suñón de Robledo, O.SS.T. (12 May 1723 - 12 Mar 1730)
• Juan Francisco Antonio de Escandón, C.R. (1732 - 28 Apr 1739)
• José Antonio Gutiérrez y Ceballos (11 Nov 1740 - 16 Jan 1745)
• Agustín Rodríguez Delgado (14 Jun 1746 - 18 Dec 1746)
• Pedro de Barroeta Angel (18 Sep 1748 - 19 Dec 1757)
• Diego del Corro (13 Mar 1758 - 28 Jan 1761)
• Diego de Parada (25 Jan 1762 - 23 Apr 1779)
• Juan González de la Reguera (18 Sep 1780 - 8 Mar 1805)
• Bartolomé María de las Heras Navarro (31 Mar 1806 - 6 Sep 1823)
• Jorge de Benavente (23 Jun 1834 - 10 Mar 1839)
• Francisco de Sales Arrieta (13 Jul 1840 - 4 May 1843)
• Francisco Luna Pizzarro (24 Apr 1845 - 4 Feb 1855)
• José Manuel Pasquel (28 Sep 1855 - 15 Oct 1857)
• José Sebastian Goyeneche Barreda (26 Sep 1859 - 19 Feb 1872)
• Manuel Teodoro del Valle (29 Aug 1872 - 19 Nov 1872)
• Francisco Orueta y Castrillón (21 Mar 1873 - ?)
• Manuel Antonio Bandini (1889 - 1898)
• Manuel Tovar y Chamorro (22 Aug 1898 - 25 May 1907)
• Pietro García Naranjo (19 Dec 1907 - 10 Sep 1917)
• Emilio Lisson Chaves, C.M. (25 Feb 1918 - 3 Mar 1931)
• Pedro Farfán (18 Sep 1933 - 17 Sep 1945)
• Cardinal Juan Guevara
  Juan Guevara
  Juan Gualberto Guevara B.A. J.C.D. was created on February 18, 1946 a Cardinal Priest by Pope Pius XII. He was Archbishop of Lima in the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Cardinal of Peru.-Early life and education:...
  
    (16 Dec 1945 - 27 Nov 1954)
• Cardinal Juan Landázuri Ricketts
  Juan Landázuri Ricketts
  Juan Landázuri Ricketts was one of the most prominent Roman Catholic Churchmen during the 1960s and 1970s in Latin America. This was a period in which the Church was compelled to take a strong stand on human rights abuses by numerous military juntas and also concerning problems of extreme poverty...
  
  , O.F.M. (2 May 1955 - 30 Dec 1989)
• Cardinal Augusto Vargas Alzamora
  Augusto Vargas Alzamora
  Augusto Vargas Alzamora S.J. was a Cardinal Priest and Archbishop of Lima in the Roman Catholic Church.He joined the Society of Jesus in 1940. He studied at the Jesuit Philosophical Faculty in San Miguel, Argentina and Madrid. He continued his studies in Granada, Spain and the University of San...
  
  , S.J. (30 Dec 1989 - 9 Jan 1999 )
• Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne (9 Jan 1999 - )