Diocese of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo
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Diocese of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo
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| Country | Paraguay |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Asunción |
| Diocesan bishop | Adalberto Martínez Flores |
| founding | 1929 |
| surface | 13,342 km² |
| Parishes | 38 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 330,560 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 311,965 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 94.4% |
| Diocesan priest | 46 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 3 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6.367 |
| Permanent deacons | 57 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 3 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 68 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Inmaculada Concepción de María |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo ( lat. : Dioecesis Villaricensis Sancti Spiritus , span. : Diócesis de Villarrica del Espiritu Santo ) is an in Paraguay located Roman Catholic diocese based in Villarrica .
history
The diocese of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo was on May 1, 1929 by Pope Pius XI. established with the Apostolic Constitution Universi Dominici from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Asunción as Diocese of Villarrica . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Asunción as a suffragan . On January 19, 1957, the Diocese of Villarrica gave parts of its territory to the establishment of the Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones . The diocese of Villarrica gave on January 21, 1957 parts of its territory to establish the territorial prelature Encarnación y Alto Paraná . Another assignment of territory took place on June 5, 1978 to establish the Carapeguá diocese .
The diocese of Villarrica was renamed on January 13, 1990 in the diocese of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo .
Ordinaries
Bishops of Villarrica
- Augustin Rodríguez , 1931–1965, then military bishop of Paraguay
- Felipe Santiago Benítez Ávalos , 1965–1989, then Archbishop of Asunción
Bishops of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo
- Sebelio Peralta Álvarez , 1990–2008, then Bishop of San Lorenzo
- Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Ríos , 2010–2017, then Bishop of Caacupé
- Adalberto Martínez Flores , since 2018
