Diocese of Encarnación
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Diocese of Encarnación
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| Country | Paraguay |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Asunción |
| Diocesan bishop | Francisco Javier Pistilli Scorzara ISch |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre SCI. di Béth. |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | Claudio Silvero Acosta SCI. di Béth. |
| Vicar General | Jesús López Azcona SVD |
| founding | April 19, 1990 |
| surface | 16,525 km² |
| Parishes | 35 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 518,982 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 418,363 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 80.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 32 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,367 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 36 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 82 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Encarnación |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Encarnación ( lat. : Dioecesis Sanctissimae Incarnationis , span. : Diócesis or Obispado de Encarnación ) is an in Paraguay located Roman Catholic diocese based in Encarnación .
history
The Diocese of Encarnación was on January 21, 1957 by Pope Pius XII. from the cession of territory by the diocese of Concepción (Paraguay) and the diocese of Villarrica as the territorial prelature Encarnación y Alto Paraná . The territorial prelature was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Asunción as a suffragan . On March 25, 1968, the territorial prelature Encarnación y Alto Paraná was divided into the territorial prelatures Encarnación and Alto Paraná .
The territorial prelature Encarnación was raised on April 19, 1990 to the diocese.
Ordinaries
Prelates of Encarnación y Alto Paraná
- Johannes Wiesen SVD , 1957–1968
Prelates of Encarnación
- Johann Bockwinkel SVD, 1968–1987
- Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks , 1987–1990
Bishops of Encarnación
- Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks, 1990-2003
- Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre SCI. di Béth. , 2004-2014
- Francisco Javier Pistilli Scorzara ISch , since 2014