Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Ayacucho

History

• 20 July 1609: Established as Diocese of Guamanga from the Diocese of Cusco, suffragan of the archdioceses of Lima
• 1838: Seat of the diocese transferred to Ayacucho
• 30 June 1966: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Ayacucho

  Bishops

Ordinaries

• Agustín de Carvajal, O.S.A.
• Francisco Verdugo Cabrera
• Gabriel de Zarate, O.P.
• Antonio Corderiña Vega, O.S.A.
• Andrés García de Zurita
• Francisco de Godoy
• Cipriano Medina, O.P.
• Vasco Jacinto de Contreras y Valverde
• Cristóbal de Castilla y Zamora
• Sancho de Andrade de Figueroa
• Francisco Luis de Bruna Rico
• Mateo Delgado
• Diego Ladrón de Guevara
• Francisco de Deza y Ulloa
• Alfonso Roldán, O.S.Bas.
• Miguel Bernardino de la Fuenta y Rojas
• Francisco Gutiérrez Galeano, O. de M.
• Felipe Manrique de Lara y Polanco
• José Luis de Lila y Moreno, O.S.A.
• Miguel Moreno y Ollo
• Francisco López Sánchez
• Bartolomé Fabro Palacios
• Francisco Matienzo
• José Antonio Martínez de Aldunate
• José Vicente Silva Avilés y Olave Salaverría
• Pedro Gutiérrez de Cos y Saavedra Seminario
• Juan Rodríguez Reymúndez
• Santiago José O’ Phelan Recabarren
• José Francisco Ezequiel Moreyra
• Juan José de Polo Valenzuela
• Julian Cáceres Negrón
• Fidel Olivas Escudero
• Francesco Solano Muente y Campos, O.F.M.
• Victorino Alvarez, S.D.B.
• Otoniel Alcedo Culquicóndor, S.D.B. Diocese elevated to Archdiocese 3 June 1966
• Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M.
• Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne
• Luis Abilio Sebastiani Aguirre, S.M.
• Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón

  Coadjutor bishops

• Andrés García de Zurita
• Federico Richter Fernandez-Prada, O.F.M.

  Auxiliary bishops

• Elías Prado Tello
• Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne, appointed Archbishop here; future Cardinal
• Gabino Miranda Melgarejo, resigned; later that year, he was excardinated, or dismissed, and laicized -returned to the lay state- for sexual misconduct

  Suffragan dioceses

• Diocese of Huancavélica
• Territorial Prelature of Caravelí