From the bulletin of the Holy See Press Office, 4th October 2024.
The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Fr. Benigno Condori Chuchi, O.F.M., until now parish priest of San Antonio de Padua in Puno, as bishop prelate of Ayaviri, Peru.
Curriculum vitae
Bishop Benigno Condori Chuchi was born on 22 March 1971 in Cucero, Peru. He entered the Franciscan Order of Friars Minor in the province of the Twelve Holy Apostles, Peru. He studied philosophy at the Facultad de Teología Pontificia y Civil de Lima and theology at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, obtaining a licentiate in religious sciences. He gave his solemn vows on 7 March 1997, and was ordained a priest on 9 September 2000.
He has held the following offices: vocational animator of the province of the Twelve Holy Apostles (2000-2002), master and national assistant of the Secular Franciscan Order and of Franciscan youth (2003-2005), guardian of the Convent of San Antonio de Padua and parish priest of Cristo Pobre de La Recoleta in Cuzco (2006-2014), parish priest of Espíritu Santo and bursar of the San Antonio de Padua Convent in Tacna (2015-2017), secretary of the elective Chapter of the province of the Twelve Holy Apostles (2018), definitor and provincial secretary for Evangelization and Mission (2019-2020), and to date, parish priest of San Antonio de Padua in Puno and secretary of the elective Chapter of the province of the Twelve Holy Apostles.
