Diocese of San Pedro
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Diocese of San Pedro
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| Country | Paraguay |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Asunción |
| Diocesan bishop | Pierre Jubinville CSSp |
| founding | 1978 |
| surface | 20,002 km² |
| Parishes | 21 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 451.230 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 388.710 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 86.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 13 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 12 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 15,548 |
| Friars | 12 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 18 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| address | Mariscal Istigarribia y General Díaz Villa de San Pedro Paraguay |
The Diocese of San Pedro ( lat. : Dioecesis Sancti Petri Apostoli , span. : Diócesis de San Pedro ) is in Paraguay located Roman Catholic diocese , based in San Pedro .
history
The diocese of San Pedro was founded on June 5, 1978 by Pope Paul VI. Established from cessions of territory by the Diocese of Concepción (Paraguay) and subordinated to the Archdiocese of Asunción as a suffragan .
Bishops of San Pedro
- Oscar Páez Garcete , 1978–1993, then Bishop of Alto Paraná
- Fernando Lugo SVD , 1994-2005
- Adalberto Martínez Flores , 2007–2012
- Pierre Jubinville CSSp , since 2013