Archdiocese of Huancayo

The Roman Catholic Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo () is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese in Peru's western Amazonian Junín Region.

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral de la Santísima Trinidad (dedicated to the Holy Trinity) in the city of Huancayo.

History Established on 18 December 1944 as Diocese of Huancayo on territory split off from the Diocese of Huánuco Lost territory on 15 May 1585 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Tarma 30 June 1966: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Huancayo

Bishops Ordinaries

Bishops of Huancayo Leonardo José Rodriguez Ballón, O.F.M. (1945–1946), appointed Archbishop of Arequipa Daniel Figueroa Villón (1946–1956), appointed Bishop of Chiclayo Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz (1956–1966); see below

Archbishops of Huancayo Mariano Jacinto Valdivia y Ortiz (1966–1971); see above Eduardo Picher Peña (1971–1984), appointed Military Vicar and later Military Ordinary of Peru Emilio Vallebuona Merea, S.D.B. (1985–1991) José Paulino Ríos Reynoso (1995–2003), appointed Archbishop of Arequipa Cardinal Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J. (2004–2024) Luis Alberto Huamán Camayo O.M.I. (2024–)

Auxiliary bishop Carlos Alberto Salcedo Ojeda, O.M.I. (2016–2021)

Ecclesiastical province Apart from the metropolitan archdiocese, its province comprises two suffragan dioceses Diocese of Huánuco Diocese of Tarma

Archdiocese of Huancayo

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