Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Chota

The Territorial Prelature of Chota (Latin: Praelatura Territorialis Chotensis) is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature, an administrative division not within a diocese, located in the city of Chota in the ecclesiastical province of Piura in Peru.

Territorial Prelature of Chota Praelatura Territorialis Chotensis
Location
Country	Peru
Metropolitan	Piura
Statistics
Area	6,823 km2 (2,634 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 338,000 216,000 (93.5%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Bishop	Víctor Emiliano Villegas Suclupe, O.A.R.

History

• 7 April 1963: Established as Territorial Prelature of Chota

Ordinaries

Prelates of Chota (Roman rite)

• Bishop Florentino Armas Lerena, O.A.R. (April 7, 1963 – August 17, 1976)
• Bishop José Arana Berruete, O.A.R. (January 24, 1979 – October 27, 1992)
• Bishop Emiliano Antonio Cisneros Martínez, O.A.R. (December 7, 1993 – March 27, 2002), appointed Bishop of Chachapoyas
• Bishop José Carmelo Martínez Lázaro, O.A.R. (March 27, 2002 – October 12, 2004), appointed Bishop of Cajamarca
• Bishop Fortunato Urcey, O.A.R. (October 15, 2005 – July 2, 2022)
• Bishop Víctor Emiliano Villegas Suclupe, O.A.R. (July 2, 2022 – present)

References

• GCatholic.org
• Catholic Hierarchy