Diocese of Concepción (Paraguay)
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Diocese of Concepción (Paraguay)
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| Country | Paraguay |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Asunción |
| Diocesan bishop | Miguel Ángel Cabello Almada |
| Vicar General | Pablo Cáceres Aquino |
| founding | May 1, 1929 |
| surface | 30,084 km² |
| Parishes | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 434,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 425,800 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 98.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 24 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 16 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 10,645 |
| Friars | 19 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 49 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Inmaculada Concepción de María |
The Diocese of Concepción ( Latin Dioecesis Sanctissimae Conceptionis in Paraguay , Spanish diócesis de la Santisima Concepcion ) is in Paraguay located Roman Catholic diocese based in Concepción .
history
The diocese of Concepción en Paraguay was founded on May 1, 1929 by Pope Pius XI. from the cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Asunción and the Apostolic Prefecture Pilcomayo as the diocese of Concepción y Chaco . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Asunción as a suffragan . On March 11, 1948, the Diocese of Concepción y Chaco gave parts of its territory to found the Vicariate Apostolic Chaco Paraguayo .
The diocese of Concepción y Chaco was renamed on July 16, 1949 in the Diocese of Concepción en Paraguay . On January 21, 1957, the diocese of Concepción en Paraguay gave up parts of its territory to establish the territorial prelature Encarnación y Alto Paraná . Further assignments of territory took place on August 2, 1960 to establish the Caacupé territorial prelature and on September 10, 1961 to establish the Coronel Oviedo territorial prelature . The diocese of Concepción en Paraguay gave up on June 5, 1978 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of San Pedro . Another assignment of territory took place on June 28, 1980 to establish the diocese Benjamín Aceval .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Concepción y Chaco
- Emilio Sosa Gaona SDB , 1931-1949
Bishops of Concepción en Paraguay
- Emilio Sosa Gaona SDB, 1949-1963
- Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas , 1965–1993
- Juan Bautista Gavilán Velásquez , 1994–2001, then Bishop of Coronel Oviedo
- Zacarías Ortiz Rolón SDS, 2003–2013
- Miguel Ángel Cabello Almada , since 2013
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of Concepción on catholic-hierarchy.org
- History of the diocese ( Memento of March 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive )