Holy See–Peru relations

Holy See–Peru relations are foreign relations between the Holy See and Peru.

History

Both countries initiated diplomatic contacts under Pius IX after a series of visits by Monsignor Bartolomé Herrera, with diplomatic relations being officially established in 1859 under Luis Mesones between Peru and the Papal States. During a mission by Pedro Gálvez Egúsquiza, the Bula Praeclara Inter Beneficia was issued on March 5, 1875, Apostolic Letters that recognized the Presidents of Peru the exercise of the Right of Patronage that de facto they had exercised since the country's independence as successors of the Monarchs of Spain.

An agreement was signed on July 19, 1980, effective since the 26th of the same month. It established the prerogatives, tax exemptions, the legal status of the Catholic Church and recognizes its importance in the historical, cultural and moral formation of the country.

Pope John Paul II made two pastoral visits. The first was in February 1985 and the second in May 1988. Pope Francis made one in January 2018.

Diplomatic Missions

•  Holy See has an apostolic nunciature in Lima.
•  Peru has an embassy based in Rome.

See also

• Catholic Church in Peru
• List of ambassadors of Peru to the Holy See

References

External links

• Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Relations: direction of the Peruvian embassy to the Holy See
• Peruvian Ministry of Foreign Relations and Cult: direction of the Holy See’s embassy in Lima
• Acuerdo entre la Santa Sede y el Perú (in Spanish only)
• Conventio Inter Apostolicam Sedem et Peruvianum Rempublicam (in Latin only)