# Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa (Latin: Arequipensis) is an archdiocese located in the city of Arequipa in Peru. It was erected by Pope Gregory XIII on 15 April 1577 at the request of King Philip II of Spain.

## History

* 15 April 1577: Established as Diocese of Arequipa from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Lima
* 23 May 1943: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa

## Ordinaries
### Diocese of Arequipa

Erected: 15 April 1577 Latin Name: Arequipensis Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Lima
* Antonio de Hervias, O.P. (15 Apr 1577 – 9 Jan 1579 Appointed, Bishop of Verapaz, Guatemala)
* Cristóbal Rodríguez Juárez (Juárez), O.P. (16 Jan 1612 – 4 Nov 1613 Died), Archbishop (personal title)
* Juan de las Cabezas Altamirano (16 Sep 1615 – 19 Dec 1615 Died)
* Pedro de Perea (Pérez Díaz), O.S.A. (4 Sep 1617 – 1631 Died)
* Pedro de Villagómez Vivanco (2 Aug 1632 – 16 Jul 1640 Appointed, Archbishop of Lima)
* Agustín de Ugarte y Sarabia (19 Nov 1640 – 21 Oct 1647 Appointed, Bishop of Quito, Ecuador)
* Pedro de Ortega y Sotomayor (26 Dec 1647 – 27 Nov 1651 Appointed, Bishop of Cuzco)
* Gaspar de Villarroel, O.S.A. (11 Dec 1651 – 27 Jan 1659 Appointed, Archbishop of La Plata o Charcas, Bolivia)
* Juan de Almoguera, O.SS.T. (17 Feb 1659 – 27 Nov 1673 Appointed, Archbishop of Lima)
* Juan de la Calle y Heredia, O. de M. (1 Oct 1674 – 15 Feb 1676 Died)
* Antonio de León y Becerra (14 Jun 1677 – 28 Aug 1708 Died)
* Juan de Argüelles, O.S.A. (21 Mar 1711 – 23 Jan 1712 Died)
* Juan Otálora Bravo de Lagunas (19 Nov 1714 – 1722 Died)
* Juan Cavero de Toledo (11 Jun 1725 – 20 Mar 1741 Died)
* Juan Bravo del Rivero y Correa (28 Jan 1743 – 22 May 1752 Died)
* Juan González Melgarejo (26 Nov 1753 – 6 Mar 1754 Died)
* Jacinto Aguado y Chacón (17 Feb 1755 – 18 Jul 1763 Appointed, Bishop of Osma, Spain)
* Diego Salguero de Cabrera (18 Jul 1763 – 2 Dec 1769 Died)
* Manuel de Abad e Illanar, O. Praem. (17 Jun 1771 – 1 Feb 1780 Died)
* Miguel de Pamplona González Bassecourt, O.F.M. Cap. (10 Dec 1781 – 10 Dec 1784 Resigned)
* Pedro José Chávez de la Rosa (18 Dec 1786 – 9 May 1805 Resigned)
* Luis La Encina Díaz y Pereiro (9 Sep 1805 – 16 Jan 1816 Died)
* José Sebastian Goyeneche y Barreda (14 Apr 1817 – 26 Sep 1859 Confirmed, Archbishop of Lima)
* Bartolomé Manuel Herrera Vélez (26 Sep 1859 – 10 Aug 1864 Died)
* Juan de la Cruz Calienes Olazabal, O.F.M. (27 Mar 1865 – 26 Jun 1867 Died)
* José Benedicto Torres Romero (22 Jun 1868 – 8 Jan 1880 Died)
* Juan María Ambrosio Huerta Galván (20 Aug 1880 – 27 Jun 1897 Died)
* Manuel Segundo Ballón Manrique (24 Aug 1898 – 1906 Resigned)
* Mariano Emilio Holguin y Maldonado, O.F.M. (1 Jun 1906 – 24 Dec 1945 Died)

### Archdiocese of Arequipa

Elevated: 23 May 1943
* Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. (13 Jun 1946 – 26 Sep 1980 Resigned)
* Fernando Vargas Ruiz de Somocurcio, S.J. (26 Sep 1980 – 2 Mar 1996 Retired)
* Luis Sánchez-Moreno Lira (2 Mar 1996 – 29 Nov 2003 Retired)
* José Paulino Ríos Reynoso (29 Nov 2003 – 21 Oct 2006 Resigned)
* Javier Augusto Del Río Alba (21 Oct 2006 – )

## Other affiliated bishops
### Coadjutor bishops

* Manuel Segundo Ballón Manrique (1896-1898)
* Javier Augusto Del Río Alba (2006)

### Auxiliary bishops

* Juan Manuel Moscoso y Peralta (1770-1771), appointed Bishop of Córdoba (Tucumán), Argentina
* Giuseppe Luca Barranco, O. de M. (1866), never consecrated
* Daniel Figueroa Villón (1945-1946), appointed Bishop of Huancayo
* José Germán Benavides Morriberón (1968-1976)
* Lorenzo Unfried Gimpel, M.F.S.C. (1969-1980), appointed Prelate of Tarma
* Felipe María Zalba Elizalde, O.P. (1980-1984), appointed Prelate of Chuquibamba
* Raúl Antonio Chau Quispe (2019-)

### Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Santiago José O' Phelan Recabarren, appointed Bishop of Ayacucho o Huamanga (Guamanga) in 1841
* Julián Ochoa Campos, appointed Bishop of Cuzco in 1864
* Pedro José Chávez Ponce, appointed Bishop of Puno in 1875
* Valentín Ampuero Núñez (priest here, 1894–1898), appointed Bishop of Puno in 1909
* Juan Gualberto Guevara y de la Cuba, appointed Bishop of Trujillo in 1940
* Pedro Alberto Bustamante López, appointed Prelate of Sicuani in 2013

## Suffragan dioceses

* Diocese of Puno
* Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua
* Territorial Prelature of Ayaviri
* Territorial Prelature of Chuquibamba
* Territorial Prelature of Juli
* Territorial Prelature of Santiago Apóstol de Huancané