Juan Carlos Morante Buchhammer

Juan Carlos Morante Buchhammer, S.J. (born 25 January 1958) is a Peruvian Roman Catholic prelate who has served as Apostolic Vicar of Jaén since 2026. He previously served as Provincial Superior of the Society of Jesus in Peru from 2014 to 2019 and held several academic and pastoral positions in Peru.

Early life and education Morante Buchhammer was born on 25 January 1958 in Piura, Peru. He was educated by the Salesians and entered the Society of Jesus in 1981.

He obtained a degree in industrial engineering from the National University of Engineering in Lima, a licentiate in philosophy from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and a licentiate in theology from the Jesuit School of Theology in Santa Clara University. He received a doctorate in philosophy from the Comillas Pontifical University in Madrid in 1999.

Jesuit ministry From 1999 to 2008, Morante Buchhammer was a professor of philosophy at the Escuela Superior de Pedagogía, Filosofía y Letras at the Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University and executive director of its Instituto de Filosofía, Sociología y Política. He was also a member of the Equipo Jesuita Latinoamericano de Reflexión Filosófica from 2001 to 2011.

He served as councillor of the Peruvian Jesuit Province from 2001 to 2003 and as a consultor from 2004 to 2014. From 2004 to 2011, he was superior of the Virgen de Nazaret Jesuit community in El Agustino, Lima. He was subsequently a professor at the Antonio Ruiz de Montoya University, dean of its Faculty of Philosophy, and rector from 2011 to 2014.

He was consecrated a bishop on 30 August 2026 at the Institución Educativa San Luis Gonzaga in Jaén. Pedro Ricardo Barreto Jimeno, S.J., Archbishop Emeritus of Huancayo, was the principal consecrator, while Paolo Rocco Gualtieri and Gilberto Alfredo Vizcarra Mori, S.J., served as principal co-consecrators.