Sebelio Peralta Álvarez

Sebelio Peralta Álvarez (born September 19, 1939 in Borja , † November 19, 2014 in Asunción ) was a Paraguayan clergyman and bishop of San Lorenzo .

Life

Sebelio Peralta Álvarez entered the minor seminary in Villarrica and studied philosophy and theology at the diocesan seminary in Asunción. He was ordained a priest on December 19, 1964 in Borja . After working in pastoral care in Carapeguá, Ybycuí, Caazapá, Maciel and Sgdo, he studied theology at the Theological Faculty of Buenos Aires and was a professor at the Paraguay Seminary.

Pope John Paul II appointed him on March 5, 1979 auxiliary bishop in Villarrica and titular bishop of Inuca in Mauretania . He was ordained episcopate on May 1, 1979 by the Archbishop of Asunción , Felipe Santiago Benítez Ávalos ; Co- consecrators were Angel Nicolás Acha Duarte , Bishop of Carapeguá , and Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks , Auxiliary Bishop in Asunción. He was particularly committed to family pastoral care in the Bishops 'Conference of Paraguay and in the Latin American Bishops' Conference CELAM .

On April 19, 1990 he was appointed Bishop of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo. Pope Benedict XVI appointed him on December 27, 2008 Bishop of San Lorenzo . In the Paraguayan Bishops' Conference (CEP) he took over the leadership of the commissions for the seminaries and the National Liturgy Commission.

He died of complications from a heart condition.

Web links

• Entry on Sebelio Peralta Álvarez on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on November 21, 2014.

predecessor	Office	successor
Felipe Santiago Benítez Ávalos	Bishop of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo 1990–2008	Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Ríos
Adalberto Martínez Flores	Bishop of San Lorenzo 2008-2014	Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero