Overview
- Guillermo Inca Pereda, a priest of Peru’s Military Ordinariate, was conferred the title following confirmation by the Peruvian bishops’ conference.
- He currently serves as adjunct secretary general of the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference, vicar general of the Military Ordinariate, and parish priest of the María Misionera shrine in Lima.
- The designation is an honorary recognition by the Holy See that does not imply a permanent Vatican posting and typically carries the style of monsignor and membership in the Papal Household.
- Bishops’ conference president Carlos García Camader said the naming reflects Pope León XIV’s closeness to the Church in Peru.
- The appointment comes after November’s selection of Peruvian Monsignor Edgard Rimaycuna as the Pope’s personal secretary, reinforcing recent Peruvian placements near the papacy.