Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones
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Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones
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| Country | Paraguay |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Asunción |
| Diocesan bishop | Pedro Collar Noguera |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Mario Melanio Medina Salinas |
| founding | 1957 |
| surface | 21,690 km² |
| Parishes | 30 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 242,400 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 238,540 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 98.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 18 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 16 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 7,016 |
| Permanent deacons | 2 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 18 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 45 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
The Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones ( lat. : Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis Baptistae a Missionibus , span. : Diócesis de San Juan Bautista de las Misiones ) is an in Paraguay located Roman Catholic diocese , based in San Juan Bautista .
history
The diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones was founded on January 19, 1957 by Pope Pius XII. Erected from cessions of territory by the Archdiocese of Asunción and the Diocese of Villarrica . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Asunción as a suffragan .
Bishops of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones
- Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña , 1957–1976
- Carlos Milcíades Villalba Aquino , 1978-1999
- Mario Melanio Medina Salinas , 1999-2017
- Pedro Collar Noguera , since 2017