Roman Catholic Diocese of Caacupé
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Caacupé (Template:Langx) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Archdiocese of Asunción, which covers all and only Paraguay.[1][2]
Its cathedral episcopal see is a Minor Basilica and National Shrine: Catedral Basílica Nuestra Señora de los Milagros, dedicated to Our Lady of Miracles, in the city of Caacupé, in Cordillera Department.
History
- On 2 August 1960, the Territorial Prelature of Caacupé was established on territories split off from the Archdiocese of Asunción (still its Metropolitan) and from the Diocese of Concepción
- Promoted on 29 March 1967 as Diocese of Caacupé
- It enjoyed Papal visits from Pope John Paul II in May 1988 and Pope Francis in July 2015.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 262,724 Catholics (93.0% of 282,481 total) on 4,984 km2 in 20 parishes and 2 missions with 29 priests (24 diocesan, 5 religious), 2 deacons, 44 lay religious (7 brothers, 37 sisters), 6 seminarians.
Leadership
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| 1 | Ismael RolónTemplate:Efn (1914–2010)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 2 | Demetrio Aquino (1926–2003)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 3 | Pastor CuquejoTemplate:Efn (1939–2023)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 4 | Claudio Giménez (b. 1940)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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| 5 | Ricardo Valenzuela (b. 1954)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
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References
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- Roman Catholic dioceses in Paraguay
- Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Asunción
- Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century
- Cordillera Department
- Christian organizations established in 1960
- 1960 establishments in Paraguay