The Catholic Encyclopedia

Chachapoyas

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Charles G. Herbermann and others (editors)

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Chachapoyas, Diocese of, in Peru, created by Pius VII in 1803, under the name of Chachapoyas and Maynas; made a suffragan to Lima by Gregory XVI in 1843, under the name of Chachapoyas. It has about 96,000, 000 souls, divided into 45 parishes. The population of the episcopal city is about 6,000; it has a fine cathedral.

BATTANDIER, Ann. pont. cath. (Paris, 1907), 2:

HeERNAEZ, Coleccién de bulas,breves, etc. aes 1876);

J. Montes De Oca Y Obregón.

Trans. None. Written in English by the contributors whose signatures close each article., The Catholic Encyclopedia, An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church, in fifteen volumes, 1907-1908. Public domain.