Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno

Pedro Barreto (2018)

Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno (12 February 1944 –) is a Peruvian prelate of the Catholic Church who serves as the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Huancayo.

Quotes

• The Amazon is a territory that is devastated and threatened by the concessions made by States to transnational corporations. Large-scale mining projects, monoculture and climate change place its lands and natural environment at great risk, leading to the destruction of cultures, undermining the self-determination of peoples and above all affronting Christ incarnate in the people who live there.
  • Pan-Amazon Ecclesial Network: For Mgr. Barreto the life of 30 million people is at stake (6 March 2015) Fides News Agency