Continent: South America
Rite: Roman (Latin)
Type: Apostolic Vicariate
Name: Chaco Paraguayo / Ciachen(sis) (Latin)
Immediately subject to the Holy See
Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation
Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅
Vicar Apostolic (2013.06.18 – ...): | Bishop Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala, S.D.B. (53) Titular Bishop of Media |
Vicars Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo (Roman Rite) | ||||||||||
Bishop Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala, S.D.B. (53) Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo (Paraguay)
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Bishop Edmundo Ponciano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B. (79) (later Archbishop) Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Asunción (Paraguay) Al Padre, por Cristo en el Espíritu
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Bishop Zacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B.
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Bishop Alejo del Carmen Obelar Colman, S.D.B.
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Bishop Angel Muzzolón, S.D.B.
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Area: 96,000 km²
Population: 18,600 Catholics (82.7% of 22,500 total)
Pastoral Centres: 12 parishes, 7 missions
Personnel: 11 priests (2 diocesan, 9 religious), 2 deacons, 37 religious (21 brothers, 16 sisters), 6 seminarians
Last updated on 2024.09.10
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