Jorge Carrión Pavlich

Early life and education

Carrión Pavlich was born on 25 May 1950 in Tarma, in the Junín Region of Peru. He began his ecclesiastical education at the Minor Seminary of Tarma before pursuing higher studies at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome and subsequently at the University of Bamberg in Germany.

Priesthood

Carrión Pavlich was ordained a priest on 15 August 1976. During his early ministry, he served as a parish priest in Pasco, in the Diocese of Tarma, and was a member of the diocesan College of Consultors. He subsequently worked for the Peruvian Episcopal Conference, where he served as deputy secretary and later as vice-secretary. At the time of his appointment as bishop, he was also president of the conference's economic committee.

On 14 February 1998, he was appointed apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Puno.

Episcopacy

On 25 March 2000, Pope John Paul II appointed Carrión Pavlich bishop of Puno, succeeding Jesús Mateo Calderón Barrueto. He received his episcopal consecration on 7 May 2000 in the Cathedral of Puno. The principal consecrator was Cardinal Augusto Vargas Alzamora, then Archbishop of Lima.

Carrión Pavlich subsequently led the Diocese of Puno for more than 26 years, becoming one of the longest-serving bishops in the diocese's history. During his episcopal ministry, he was involved in pastoral activities in the region and in the work of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference.

Death

Carrión Pavlich died in Lima on 31 October 2026, at the age of 76, after being hospitalised in the city. His death was publicly announced on 1 November during a Mass at the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Candelaria in Puno.

His funeral arrangements included a wake in Lima, followed by ceremonies in Puno. His remains were subsequently scheduled to be transferred to his hometown of Tarma for burial.