Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla
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The Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Chuquibambilla
in the Ecclesiastical province
of Cuzco in Peru.
Chuquibambilla
Chuquibambilla is a town in southern Peru, capital of the province Grau in the region Apurímac. The city is the seat of the Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla....
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 Cuzco in Peru.
History
- On April 26, 1968, the Territorial Prelature of Chuquibambilla was established from the Diocese of Abancay
Leadership
- Prelates of Chuquibambilla (Roman rite)
- Bishop Domenico Berni Leonardi, O.S.A. (March 29, 1989 – present)
- Bishop Lorenzo Miccheli Filippetti, O.S.A. (August 12, 1976 - July 16, 1986)