Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori

Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori, S.J. (born 11 February 1960) is a Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate and member of the Society of Jesus. He has served as the Archbishop of Trujillo since February 2025. He previously served as Apostolic Vicar of Jaén en Perú o San Francisco Javier from 2014 to 2025 and as titular bishop of Autenti.

Early life and education Vizcarra was born in Lima, Peru, on 11 February 1960. He attended La Salle school in Lima and subsequently studied at the Faculty of Pontifical and Civil Theology of Lima from 1977 to 1979. From 1980 to 1981 he studied civil law at the National University of San Marcos.

He entered the Society of Jesus novitiate in 1982. He studied philosophy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile from 1985 to 1987 and theology at the Jesuit Faculty of Theology in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, from 1991 to 1994. He later obtained a licentiate in Arabic in Cairo, Egypt, from 1994 to 1996, and studied at the Pontifical Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies in Rome from 2001 to 2003. He made his perpetual profession in the Society of Jesus on 15 August 2001.

Episcopate Apostolic Vicar of Jaén On 11 June 2014, Pope Francis appointed Vizcarra Apostolic Vicar of Jaén en Perú o San Francisco Javier and titular bishop of Autenti. At the time of his appointment, he was serving as a missionary in the Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo in Chad.

Archbishop of Trujillo On 11 February 2025, Pope Francis appointed Vizcarra Metropolitan Archbishop of Trujillo, transferring him from the titular see of Autenti and the Apostolic Vicariate of Jaén. He succeeded Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, whose resignation was accepted by the pope.

Vizcarra took possession of the Archdiocese of Trujillo on 22 February 2025.

On 30 June 2025, Pope Leo XIV presented Vizcarra with the pallium during a solemn Mass in the Vatican.

Vizcarra also served concurrently as apostolic administrator of the Apostolic Vicariate of Jaén from his appointment as Archbishop of Trujillo until 30 August 2026.