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Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pedro

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Metropolitan
  
Asunción

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Paraguay

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Area
  
20,002 km²

Bishop
  
Pierre Jubinville

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 380,787 350,000 (91.9%)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Asunción

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pedro (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Petri Apostoli) is a diocese located in the city of San Pedro in the Ecclesiastical province of Asunción in Paraguay.

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History

  • On June 5, 1978, the Diocese of San Pedro was established from the Diocese of Concepción

    • Leadership

  • Bishops of San Pedro (Roman rite)
  • Bishop Pierre Jubinville (6 November 2013 – present)
  • Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores (February 19, 2007 – March 14, 2012)
  • Bishop Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, S.V.D. (March 5, 1994 – January 11, 2005). Bishop Lugo requested laicization in 2005 to allow him to run for President of Paraguay. The Church at first refused, going so far as to suspend him as bishop when he ran for office anyway, but eventually granted lay status after he was elected.
  • Bishop Oscar Páez Garcete (June 5, 1978 – July 10, 1993)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pedro Wikipedia
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