Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Peru
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- 0100~
- Italica - Spain
- 0200-0300
- Sevilla (separated from Italica?) - Spain
- 0300-0400
- Sevilla (AD) - Spain
- 1513
- Santa María la Antigua del Darién / Darién (established from Santo Domingo?) - (New Granada) Panama
- 1520?
- Panamá / Castilla del Oro (new name, See moved from Santa María la Antigua del Darién) - (New Granada) Panama
- 1546
- Popayán (detached from Panama) - (New Granada) Colombia
- 1546
- Quito (detached from Lima) - Ecuador
- 1786
- Cuenca (detached from Quito) - Ecuador
- 1925
- Panamá (AD, was part of the Metropolitan Province of Cartagena) - Panama
1536- Cuzco (established from Spain/Sevilla?) - Peru
- 1541
- Ciudad de los Reyes / Lima (detached from Cuzco ?) - Peru
- 1546
- Lima (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Sevilla) - Peru
- 1577
- Arequipa (detached from Lima) - Peru
- 1577
- Trujillo (detached from Lima) - Peru
- 1609
- Ayacucho / Huamanga (detached from Cuzco) - Peru
- 1803
- Maynas (detached from Popayan, from Quito, from Cuenca, from Trujillo, from Lima, and from Huamanga) - Peru
- 1843
- Chachapoyas (new name, previously Maynas) - Peru
- 1861
- Puno (detached from Cuzco) - Peru
- 1865
- Huánuco (detached from Lima) - Peru
- 1899
- Huaraz (detached from Lima) - Peru
- 1900
- San León del Amazonas (AP, detached from Chachapoyas) - Peru
- 1900
- Ucayali (AP, detached from Huanuco, and from Ayacucho) - Peru
- 1900
- San Domingo de Urubamba (AP, detached from Cuzco) - Peru
- 1908
- Cajamarca (detached from Trujillo, and from Chachapoyas) - Peru
- 1913
- Urubamba y Madre de Dios (AV, and new name, previously San Domingo de Urubamba) - Peru
- 1921
- San León del Amazonas (AV) - Peru
- 1921
- San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Maranón (AP, detached from San León del Amazonas) - Peru
- 1925
- Ucayali (AV) - Peru
- 1936
- San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Maranón (AV) - Peru
- 1940
- Piura (detached from Trujillo) - Peru
- 1943
- Arequipa (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Lima) - Peru
- 1943
- Cuzco (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Lima) - Peru
- 1943
- Trujillo (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Lima) - Peru
- 1943
- Peru (Mil.Ord.) - Peru
- 1944
- Huancavélica (detached from Ayacucho / Huamanga) - Peru
- 1944
- Huancayo (detached from Huánuco) - Peru
- 1944
- Tacna (detached from Arequipa) - Peru
- 1945
- Iquitos (AV, new name, previously San León del Amazonas AV) - Peru
- 1945
- San José de Amazonas (AP, detached from San León del Amazonas AV) - Peru
- 1946
- Ica (detached from Lima) - Peru
- 1946
- San Francisco Javier (AP, detached from Chachapoyas, from Cajamarca, and from San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Maranón) - Peru
- 1948
- Moyobamba (Prel., detached from Chachapoyas) - Peru
- 1949
- Puerto Maldonado (AV, new name, previously Urubamba y Madre de Dios AV) - Peru
- 1955
- San José de Amazonas (AV, detached from San León del Amazonas) - Peru
- 1956
- San Ramón (AV, new name, previously Ucayali AP) - Peru
- 1956
- Chiclayo (detached from Trujillo, and from Cajamarca) - Peru
- 1956
- Pucallpa (AV, detached from Ucayali) - Peru
- 1956
- Requena (AV, detached from Ucayali) - Peru
- 1957
- Caravelí (Prel., detached from Arequipa, and from Ayacucho) - Peru
- 1957
- Juli (Prel., detached from Puno) - Peru
- 1957
- Yauyos (Prel., detached from Lima) - Peru
- 1958
- Abancay (detached from Cuzco) - Peru
- 1958
- Ayaviri (Prel., detached from Puno) - Peru
- 1958
- Huacho (detached from Lima, and from Huaraz) - Peru
- 1958
- Huarí (Prel., detached from Huanuco, and from Huaraz) - Peru
- 1958
- Tarma (Prel., detached from Huanuco, and from Huancayo) - Peru
- 1959
- Sicuani (Prel., detached from Cuzco) - Peru
- 1960
- Yurimaguas (AV, new name, previously San Gabriel de la Dolorosa del Maranón AV) - Peru
- 1961
- Huamachuco (Prel., detached from Trujillo) - Peru
- 1962
- Chimbote (Prel.) - Peru
- 1962
- Chuquibamba (Prel.) - Peru
- 1963
- Chota (Prel.) - Peru
- 1964
- Chulucanas (Prel.) - Peru
- 1966
- Ayacucho / Huamanga (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Cuzco) - Peru
- 1966
- Huancayo (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Lima) - Peru
- 1966
- Piura (Metr., was part of the Metropolitan Province of Trujillo) - Peru
- 1967
- Callao (detached from Cuzco) - Peru
- 1968
- Chuquibambilla (Prel., detached from Abancay) - Peru
- 1971
- San Francisco Javier (AV) - Peru
- 1980
- Jaén en Perú / San Francisco Javier (AV, new name, previously San Francisco Javier AP) - Peru
- 1983
- Chimbote - Peru
- 1985
- Tarma - Peru
- 1988
- Chulucanas - Peru
- 1992
- Tacna y Moquegua - (new name, previously Tacna) - Peru
- 1996
- Carabayllo (detached from Lima) - Peru
- 1996
- Chosica (detached from Lima) - Peru
- 1996
- Lurín (detached from Lima) - Peru
- 2008
- Huarí - Peru
- 2019
- Santiago Apóstol de Huancané (Prel., detached from Ayaviri, and from Juli) - Peru
- 2020
- Sicuani - (D, previously Prel.) - Peru