Diocese of Carapeguá
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Diocese of Carapeguá
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| Country | Paraguay |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Asunción |
| Diocesan bishop | Celestino Ocampo Gaona |
| founding | 1967 |
| surface | 8,705 km² |
| Parishes | 17 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 262.220 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 233,764 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 89.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10.164 |
| Friars | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 45 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Inmaculada Concepción de María (Immaculate Conception) |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Carapeguá ( Latin Dioecesis Carapeguana , Spanish diócesis de Carapeguá ) is in Paraguay located Roman Catholic diocese based in Carapeguá .
history
The diocese Carapeguá was on June 5, 1978 by Pope Paul VI. built from cessions of territory of the Diocese of Villarrica and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Asunción as a suffragan .
Bishops of Carapeguá
- Ángel Nicolás Acha Duarte , 1978–1982
- Celso Yegros Estigarribia , 1983-2010
- Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero , 2010–2015, then Bishop of San Lorenzo
- Celestino Ocampo Gaona , since 2018