Diocese of

Coronel Oviedo

Paraguay Paraguay

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Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Coronel Oviedo / Oviedopolitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: AsunciĂłn

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2001.12.18 – ...):Bishop Juan Bautista Gavilán Velásquez (73)Bishop Juan Bautista Gavilán Velásquez (73)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Coronel Oviedo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Bautista GavilĂĄn VelĂĄsquez (73)Bishop Juan Bautista GavilĂĄn VelĂĄsquez (73)
(2001.12.18 – ...)

Bishop of Coronel Oviedo (Paraguay)

Born:1951.06.24 (Eusebio Ayala, Paraguay)
Ordained Priest:1977.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:1994.05.08

Priest of CaacupĂ© (Paraguay) (1977.12.18 – 1994.03.05)

Bishop of Concepción (Paraguay) (1994.03.05 – 2001.12.18)

Bishop of Coronel Oviedo (Paraguay) (2001.12.18 – ...)

Bishop Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. di BĂ©th. (88)Bishop Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. di BĂ©th. (88)
(1998.03.26 – 2001.02.03)

Bishop emeritus of EncarnaciĂłn (Paraguay)

Born:1936.07.28 (Azcoitia, Spain)
Ordained Priest:1961.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:1998.06.07

Bishop of Coronel Oviedo (Paraguay) (1998.03.26 – 2001.02.03)

Bishop of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay) (2001.02.03 – 2004.07.12)

Bishop of Encarnación (Paraguay) (2004.07.12 – 2014.11.15)

President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (2005.11 – 2008)

Bishop Claudio Silvero Acosta, S.C.I. (89)Bishop Claudio Silvero Acosta, S.C.I. (89)
(1976.03.15 – 1998.03.26)

Titular Bishop of Curubis
Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of EncarnaciĂłn (Paraguay)

Born:1935.10.30 (Iturbe, Paraguay)
Ordained Priest:1962.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:1976.05.01

Bishop of Coronel Oviedo (Paraguay) (1976.03.15 – 1998.03.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Encarnación (Paraguay) (1998.03.26 – 2014.11.15)

Titular Bishop of Curubis (1998.03.26 – ...)

Prelates of Coronel Oviedo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jerome Arthur Pechillo, T.O.R.
(1961.09.10 – 1976.03.06)

Born:1919.05.16 (USA)
Ordained Priest:1947.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:1966.01.25
Died:1991.01.01 († 71)

Bishop-Prelate of Coronel Oviedo (Paraguay) (1961.09.10 – 1976.03.06)

Titular Bishop of Nova Sparsa (1965.10.20 – 1976.03.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA) (1976.03.06 – 1991.01.01)

Special Churches

Churches by City (22)

CarapeguĂĄ (↙), CaacupĂ© (←), San Pedro (↖), NaviraĂ­ (↗), CanindeyĂș (↗), Ciudad del Este (→), Villarrica (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 11,474 kmÂČ

Population: 529,115 Catholics (93.8% of 563,904 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes

Personnel: 51 priests (36 diocesan, 15 religious), 42 deacons, 76 religious (31 brothers, 45 sisters), 26 seminarians

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