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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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Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Chachapoyas'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​c/chachapoyas.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
 
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