Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua is a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa in southern Peru, comprising the lay administrative regions Tacna Region and Moquegua region.History
On 18 December 1944 Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Tacna from the territory of the Archdiocese of Arequipa. John Paul II renamed it the Diocese of Tacna y Moquegua on 11 July 1992.Bishops
Ordinaries
- Carlos Alberto Arce Masías † Appointed, Bishop of Huánuco
- Alfonso Zaplana Bellizza †
- Oscar Rolando Cantuarias Pastor † Appointed, Archbishop of Piura
- Oscar Julio Alzamora Revoredo, S. M. †
- José Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins †
- Marco Antonio Cortez Lara
Coadjutor bishops
- José Eduardo Velásquez Tarazona, did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Huaraz
- Marco Antonio Cortez Lara
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- José Germán Benavides Morriberón †, appointed Bishop of Chachapoyas in 1958
