Territorial Prelature of Ayaviri
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The Territorial Prelature of Ayaviri is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Ayaviri
in the Ecclesiastical province
of Puno in Peru.
Ayaviri, Melgar
Ayaviri is a town in Southern Peru, capital of the province Melgar in the region Puno.-References:...
in the Ecclesiastical province
Ecclesiastical Province
An ecclesiastical province is a large jurisdiction of religious government, so named by analogy with a secular province, existing in certain hierarchical Christian churches, especially in the Catholic Church and Orthodox Churches and in the Anglican Communion...
of Puno in Peru.
History
- On July 30, 1958, the Territorial Prelature of Ayaviri was established from the Diocese of Puno
Leadership
- Prelates of Ayaviri (Roman rite)
- Bishop Kay Martin Schmalhausen Panizo, S.C.V. (February 18, 2006 – present)
- Bishop Juan Godayol Colom, S.D.B. (December 4, 1991 – February 18, 2006)
- Bishop José Juan Luciano Carlos Metzinger Greff, SS.CC. (July 30, 1958 – January 31, 1971)