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Chachapoyas

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Diocese of 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 souls, divided into 45 parishes. The population of the episcopal city is about 6,000; it has a fine cathedral.

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APA citation. Montes de Oca y Obregón, J.M. (1908). Chachapoyas. In The Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03551b.htm

MLA citation. Montes de Oca y Obregón, José Maria. "Chachapoyas." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1908. <http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03551b.htm>.

Transcription. This article was transcribed for New Advent by Joseph P. Thomas.

Ecclesiastical approbation. Nihil Obstat. November 1, 1908. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., Censor. Imprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York.

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