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Roman Catholic Diocese of Encarnación

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Country
  
Paraguay

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
16,525 km²

Metropolitan
  
Asunción

Pope
  
Francis

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 546,000 441,000 (80.8%)

Bishop
  
Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I.

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Asunción

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Encarnación (Latin: Dioecesis Sanctissimae Incarnationis) is a diocese located in the city of Encarnación in the Ecclesiastical province of Asunción in Paraguay.

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History

  • On January 21, 1957, the Territorial Prelature of Encarnación y Alto Paraná was established from the Diocese of Concepción and Diocese of Villarrica
  • On March 25, 1968, the territorial prelature was renamed as the Territorial Prelature of Encarnación
  • On April 19, 1990: Promoted as Diocese of Encarnación

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of Encarnación (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. (July 12, 2004 – present)
  • Bishop Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks (April 19, 1990 – July 5, 2003)
  • Prelates of Encarnación (Roman Rite)
  • Bishop Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks (July 24, 1987 – April 19, 1990)
  • Bishop Juan Bockwinckel, S.V.D. (May 11, 1968 – July 24, 1987)
  • Bishop Johannes Wiesen, S.V.D. (January 21, 1957 – March 1, 1972)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Encarnación Wikipedia
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