Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Huancayo

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo  (Huancayen(sis)) is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in Peru's western Amazonian Junín Region.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad (dedicated to the Holy Trinity) in the city of Huancayo.

History

 * Established on 18 December 1944 as Diocese of Huancayo on territory split off from the Diocese of Huánuco
 * Lost territory on 15 May 1585 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Tarma
 * 30 June 1966: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo

Ordinaries

 * Bishops of Huancayo
 * Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. (1945–1946), appointed Archbishop of Arequipa
 * Daniel Figueroa Villón (1946–1956), appointed Bishop of Chiclayo
 * Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz (1956–1966); see below


 * Archbishops of Huancayo
 * Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz (1966–1971); see above
 * Eduardo Picher Peña (1971–1984), appointed Military Vicar and later Military Ordinary of Peru
 * Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. (1985–1991)
 * José Paulino Ríos Reynoso (1995–2003), appointed Archbishop of Arequipa
 * Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J. (2004–2024)
 * Luis Alberto Huamán Camayo O.M.I. (2024–)

Auxiliary bishop

 * Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I. (2016–2021)

Ecclesiastical province
Apart from the metropolitan archdiocese, its province comprises two suffragan dioceses
 * Diocese of Huánuco
 * Diocese of Tarma

Sources and external links

 * GCatholic.org, with incumbent biography links
 * Catholic Hierarchy
 * Diocese website