Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua

Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua

Dioecesis Tacnensis et Moqueguensis

Tacna y Moquegua
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary
Location
Country Peru
Ecclesiastical provinceArequipa
Statistics
Area30,539 km2 (11,791 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2010)
  • 625,000
  • 556,000 (89%)
Parishes38
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established18 December 1944 (80 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario
Co-cathedralCo-Catedral Santa Catalina
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopMarco Antonio Cortez Lara

The Diocese of Tacna and Moquegua (Latin: Dioecesis Tacnensis et Moqueguensis) is a suffragan diocese of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Arequipa in southern Peru, comprising the lay administrative regions Tacna Region and Moquegua region.