Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova
Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Chiclayo | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Piura |
| Diocese | Chiclayo |
| Appointed | February 14, 2024 |
| Installed | March 16, 2024 |
| Predecessor | Robert Prevost (now Pope Leo XIV) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | July 26, 2008 by Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy |
| Consecration | January 4, 2020 by Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 21, 1974 Tambogrande, Piura province, Peru |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Alma mater | Bolivian Catholic University San Pablo |
| Motto | Servir con Gratitud y Comunión "Serve with Gratitude and Communion" |
| Coat of arms |  |
Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova (born September 21, 1974) is a Peruvian Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Chiclayo since 2024, succeeding Robert Prevost (who was elected Pope Leo XIV a year later). A member of the Order of Saint Augustine (OSA), he served simultaneously as parish priest, academic teacher, and administrator of the Order in several locations throughout Bolivia and Peru.
Biography
Early life and education
Farfán Córdova was born in Tambogrande in the Piura province of northern Peru on September 21, 1974.[1] He entered the Augustine Order (OSA) in 1998, as a novice in Lima.[1] He studied philosophy at the seminary of the Archdiocese of Trujillo from 1999 to 2001, and made his perpetual profession on January 11, 2003.[1] After studying further for a degree in theology at the Bolivian Catholic University San Pablo in Cochabamba, with a focus on a theology of spiritual life and pedagogy, he graduated in 2006.
Priesthood and pedagogy
He was ordained as a priest on July 26, 2008.[1][2]
Farfán Córdova coordinated for the International Commission of Communications and Publications of the Organization of Augustinian Recollects of Latin America from 2006 to 2014, simultaneously vicar of Santa Ana di Cala Cala in the archdiocese of Cochabamba, Bolivia, from 2007 and 2008, then vicar of San José Obrero in the diocese of Chulucanas, Peru, where he also taught as professor of theology and served as spiritual rector at the seminary from 2009 to 2010. He was master of pre-novices of the Augustinian Order from 2011 to 2012.[1]
He moved to the Archdiocese of Trujillo in 2012, where he was parish priest at Nuestra Señora de Montserrat in from 2012 to 2013, teaching at the Catholic University of Trujillo from Catholic University Benedict XVI from 2013 to 2015, and serving as prior of the Augustinian Order of Peru from 2013 to 2017. He was parish priest Santa Rita de Casia in Trujillo from 2015 to 2018,[1][3] served as episcopal vicar for consecrated life in Trujillo from 2017 to 2018, and as secretary general of the Organization of Augustinian Recollects of Latin America from 2015 to 2019.[1]
Prelacy
Pope Francis appointed him Apostolic Administrator of Chuquibambilla on April 24, 2018,[1][4] and subsequently Prelate of Chuquibambilla on December 7, 2019.[5] Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, the Archbishop of Trujillo and member of the Order of Friars Minor, ordained him bishop on January 4, 2020.[1] His co-consecrators were the Apostolic Nuncio to Peru, Bishop Nicola Girasoli, and the Bishop of Chiclayo, Robert Prevost, former Prior-General of the Order of Saint Augustine.[2]
Farfán Córdova participated in the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops within the framework of the World Synod.[6]
Bishop of Chiclayo
On February 14, 2024, Pope Francis appointed Farfán Córdova as Bishop of Chiclayo, succeeding Robert Prevost, whom the pope appointed as Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops.[7] In the 2025 conclave, Prevost was elected as Pope Leo XIV.[8] In a news conference in the aftermath of the 2025 papal conclave, he described the Pope's time riding horseback through mountainous communities in northern Peru as formative.[9] Farfán Córdova described his predecessor as "a shepherd among people, a man with the smell of sheep," endorsing his papacy.[10]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Sánchez Silva, Walter (February 14, 2024). "El Papa Francisco nombra nuevo obispo en Perú, sucesor del Cardenal Robert Prevost". Aciprensa. Washington, DC. Archived from the original on March 28, 2025. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
- ^ a b "Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdova [Catholic-Hierarchy]". Catholic-Hierarchy. March 10, 2024. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
- ^ "Excmo. Mons. Edinson Edgardo Farfán Córdoba, OSA, Obispo de Chiclayo y Administrador Apostólico de la Prelatura de Chuquibambilla". Conferencia Episcopal Peruana. Lima. 2024. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
- ^ Redacción (April 24, 2018). "Rinuncia del Vescovo Prelato di Chuquibambilla (Perú) e nomina dell'Amministratore Apostolico "ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" della medesima prelatura territoriale". Bollettino Sala Stampa della Santa Sede (in Italian). Ciudad del Vaticano. Archived from the original on June 16, 2025. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
- ^ Redacción (December 7, 2019). "Nomina del Vescovo Prelato di Chuquibambilla (Perú)". Bollettino Sala Stampa della Santa Sede (in Italian). Ciudad del Vaticano. Archived from the original on December 18, 2024. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
- ^ "XVI Assemblea Generale Ordinaria del Sinodo dei Vescovi. Elenco dei partecipanti secondo il titolo di partecipazione". Bollettino Sala Stampa della Santa Sede (in Italian). Ciudad del Vaticano. July 7, 2020. Archived from the original on September 14, 2023. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
- ^ "Nomina del Vescovo di Chiclayo (Perú)". Bollettino Sala Stampa della Santa Sede (in Italian). Ciudad del Vaticano. February 14, 2024. Archived from the original on April 22, 2025. Retrieved April 14, 2024.
- ^ "Leo XIV loved Peru, he's one of us – Chiclayo bishop". Agenzia ANSA. May 9, 2025. Archived from the original on May 9, 2025. Retrieved May 9, 2025.
- ^ "Leo XIV, becomes first North American to lead the Catholic Church". The Washington Post. May 8, 2025. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on May 13, 2025. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
- ^ Penza, Natalia (May 10, 2025). "Pope Leo XIV described as 'man with the smell of sheep' by Peru bishop". BreakingNews.ie. Retrieved June 12, 2025.