Diocese of Chulucanas

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The '''Roman Catholic Diocese of Chulucanas''' ({{langx|la|Chulucanen(sis)}}) is a diocese located in the city of Chulucanas in the ecclesiastical province of Piura in Peru.

==History== *4 March 1964: Established <ref name=A>{{cite web |url= https://www.abdiocese.org.uk/news/50th-chulucanas |title= Anniversary Celebrations in our sister Diocese of Chulucanas |author= |date= |website= The Catholic Diocese of Arundel and Brighton |publisher= |access-date= May 14, 2025 |quote=}}</ref> as the Territorial Prelature of Chulucanas *12 December 1988: Promoted as Diocese of Chulucanas

The first Peruvian assignment for Robert Prevost was as chancellor here. In 2024, he led its anniversary celebrations;<ref>{{cite web |last=Garcia Cano |first=Regina |date=May 8, 2025 |title=Peruvians elated after cardinal who spent years in the South American country is elected pope |url=https://sitkasentinel.com/stories/peruvians-elated-after-cardinal-who-spent-years-in-the-south-american-country-is-elected-pope,37250 |access-date=May 14, 2025 |website=Daily Sitka Sentinel |publisher= |quote=}}</ref> in May 2025, he was elected as Pope Leo XIV.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-pope-leo-xiv-robert-prevost-arrived-in-chulucanas-peru-in-1985-1028804.aspx |title= Pope Leo XIV: Robert Prevost arrived in Chulucanas, Peru in 1985 |author= |date= 8 May 2025 |website= Andina |publisher= |access-date= May 14, 2025 |quote=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://catholicmessenger.net/2025/05/pope-leo-xiv-the-peruvian-connection-with-our-diocese/ |title= ’Pope Leo XIV - the Peruvian connection with our diocese |last= Arland-Fye |first= Barb |date= 9 May 2025 |website= Catholic Messenger |publisher= |access-date= May 14, 2025 |quote=}}</ref>

==Bishops== ===Ordinaries=== *Prelate of Chulucanas **Bishop Juan Conway McNabb (1964.03.04 – 1988.12.12); ''see below'' *Bishops of Chulucanas **Bishop Juan Conway McNabb (1988.12.12 – 2000.10.28); ''see above'' **Bishop Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy (2000.10.28 – 2020.04.02) **Bishop Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral (2020.04.02 - present) <ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.religiondigital.org/vaticano/Francisco-Cristobal-Bernardo-Corral-Chulucanas_0_2219178069.html |title= Pope Francis appoints Cristóbal Bernardo Mejía Corral as Bishop of Chulucanas (Peru)|author= |date= |website= Religion Digital |publisher= |access-date= May 14, 2025 |quote=}}</ref>

===Coadjutor bishop=== *Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy (1996-2000)

=== Other priest of this diocese who became bishop=== *Tarcisio Pusma Ibáñez, appointed auxiliary bishop of Trujillo in 2008; did not take effect

==See also== *Roman Catholicism in Peru

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== External links == *[http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/chul0.htm GCatholic.org] *[http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dchul.html Catholic Hierarchy] * [https://diocesisdechulucanas.com.pe Diocese of Chulucanas homepage]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Chulucanas}} Category:Roman Catholic dioceses in Peru Category:Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Piura Category:Christian organizations established in 1964 Category:Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century