Diocese of

Encarnación

Paraguay

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Encarnación / Sanctissimæ Incarnationis (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Asunción

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1957.01.21: Established as Territorial Prelature of Encarnación y Alto Paraná / Sanctissimæ Incarnationis--Parania Superiore (Latin) (from Diocese of Concepción and Diocese of Villarrica and became suffragan of Asunción)
1968.03.25: Renamed as Territorial Prelature of Encarnación / Sanctissimæ Incarnationis (Latin) (lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Alto Paraná)
1990.04.19: Promoted as Diocese of Encarnación / Sanctissimæ Incarnationis (Latin)

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1988.05)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.11.15 – ...):

Bishop Francisco Javier Pistilli Scorzara, I.Sch. (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Encarnación (Roman Rite)

Bishop Francisco Javier Pistilli Scorzara, I.Sch. (59)
(2014.11.15 – ...)

Bishop of Encarnación (Paraguay)

Born:	1965.05.26 (Asunción, Paraguay)
Ordained Priest:	1997.05.10
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.12.20

Bishop of Encarnación (Paraguay) (2014.11.15 – ...)

Bishop Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. di Béth. (88)
(2004.07.12 – 2014.11.15)

Bishop emeritus of Encarnación (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 Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks
(1990.04.19 – 2003.07.05)

Born:	1929.02.22 (Paraguay)
Ordained Priest:	1956.12.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.11.25
Died:	2018.12.17 († 89)

Titular Bishop of Utimmira (1976.10.12 – 1987.07.24)

Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción (Paraguay) (1976.10.12 – 1987.07.24)

Bishop-Prelate of Encarnación (Paraguay) (1987.07.24 – 1990.04.19)

President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (1990 – 1994)

Bishop of Encarnación (Paraguay) (1990.04.19 – 2003.07.05)

President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (1999 – 2002)

Prelates of Encarnación (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks
(1987.07.24 – 1990.04.19)

(see above)

Bishop Juan Bockwinckel, S.V.D.
(1968.05.11 – 1987.07.24)

Born:	1910.08.19 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1938.09.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.06.23
Died:	1999.07.23 († 88)

Titular Bishop of Oppidum novum (1968.05.11 – 1977.11.03)

Bishop-Prelate of Encarnación (Paraguay) (1968.05.11 – 1987.07.24)

Bishop Johannes Wiesen, S.V.D.
(1957.01.21 – 1968.05.11)

Born:	1904.11.16 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1935.10.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1964.03.19
Died:	1972.03.01 († 67)

Bishop-Prelate of Encarnación (Paraguay) (1957.01.21 – 1968.05.11)

Titular Bishop of Telmissus (1964.02.02 – 1972.03.01)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Claudio Silvero Acosta, S.C.I. (89) (1998.03.26 – 2014.11.15)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Santísima Encarnación, Encarnación, Itapúa
World Heritage Site (now ruined): Misión Jesuítica de Jesús de Tavarangue, Jesús de Tavarangue, Itapúa
World Heritage Site (now ruined): Misión Jesuítica de La Santísima Trinidad de Paraná, Trinidad, Itapúa

Churches by City (40)

Santo Tomé (↙), San Juan Bautista (←), Villarrica (↖), Ciudad del Este (↗), Puerto Iguazú (↗), Posadas (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 16,506 km²

Population: 553,429 Catholics (78.7% of 703,528 total)

Pastoral Centres: 38 parishes, 875 missions

Personnel: 54 priests (19 diocesan, 35 religious), 1 deacon, 80 religious (38 brothers, 42 sisters), 5 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.01.27

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