Bishop Humberto Tapia Díaz

Bishop Humberto Tapia Díaz was born on 13 February 1960 in Queroqotillo, district of Cutervo, territorial prelature of Chota. He studied philosophy and theology in Arequipa and Lima (1980-1989), and was awarded a licentiate in spiritual theology and a master’s degree in development and humanitarian aid at the Comillas Pontifical University in Madrid (2003-2005). He was ordained a priest on 2 April 1990, and incardinated in the circumscription of Sicuani, at the time a territorial prelature, where he exercised his priestly ministry from 1990 to 1995. From 1995 he was incardinated in the apostolic vicariate of Jaén en Perú, in the Peruvian Amazon jungle, covering various pastoral roles including: parish priest of the Co-Cathedral Church and vicar general (2000-2012). Since 2021 he has served as parish vicar of the parish of San Isidro Labrador, including the civil districts of Bellavista and Huabal. Removal of bishop of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, and appointment of apostolic administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis The Holy Father has relieved Bishop Daniel Fernández Torres from the pastoral care of the diocese of Arecibo, Puerto Rico, and has appointed Bishop Álvaro Corrada del Río, S.J., emeritus of Mayagüez, as apostolic administrator ad nutum Sanctae Sedis of the same diocese.