Diocese of

San Pedro

Paraguay Paraguay

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San Pedro (español) / San Pedro Apóstol (español) / Sancti Petri Apostoli (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Asunción

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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History

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.11.06 – ...):Bishop Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp. (64)Bishop Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp. (64)

President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Pedro (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp. (64)Bishop Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp. (64)
(2013.11.06 – ...)

Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay)
President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Nde pópe Ñandejára ajepoi

Born:1960.08.05 (Ottawa, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:1988.09.17
Consecrated Bishop:2013.12.21

Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay) (2013.11.06 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (2018.11.09 – 2024.11.06)

President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (2024.11.06 – ...)

Cardinal Adalberto Martínez Flores (73)Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores (73) (later Cardinal)
(2007.02.19 – 2012.03.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina
Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)
Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Paraguay (Paraguay)

Que todos sean uno

Born:1951.07.08 (Asunción, Paraguay)
Ordained Priest:1985.08.24
Consecrated Bishop:1997.11.08
Created Cardinal:2022.08.27

Priest of Saint Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands) (1985.08.24 – 1994)

Priest of Asunción (Paraguay) (1994 – 1997.08.14)

Titular Bishop of Tatilti (1997.08.14 – 2000.05.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción (Paraguay) (1997.08.14 – 2000.05.18)

Bishop of San Lorenzo (Paraguay) (2000.05.18 – 2007.02.19)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (2005 – 2011)

Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay) (2007.02.19 – 2012.03.14)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (2011.11 – 2015.11.03)

Military Ordinary of Paraguay (Paraguay) (2012.03.14 – 2018.06.23)

Bishop of Villarrica (Paraguay) (2018.06.23 – 2022.02.17)

Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Paraguay (Paraguay) (2018.06.23 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (2018.11.09 – 2024.11.06)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay) (2022.02.17 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (2022.08.27 [2022.12.07] – ...)

Bishop Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, S.V.D. (later Mr.)
(1994.03.05 – 2005.01.11)

Born:1949.05.30 (Paraguay)
Ordained Priest:1977.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:1994.04.17

Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay) (1994.03.05 – 2005.01.11)

Lay state (2008.06.30)

Bishop Oscar Páez Garcete
(1978.06.05 – 1993.07.10)

Born:1937.09.01 (Paraguay)
Ordained Priest:1961.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:1978.08.19
Died:2016.03.29 († 78)

Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay) (1978.06.05 – 1993.07.10)

Bishop of Alto Paraná (Paraguay) (1993.07.10 – 2000.02.05)

President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (1994 – 1999)

Special Churches

Churches by City (17)

Benjamín Aceval (←), Concepción (↑), Canindeyú (→), Coronel Oviedo (↘), Caacupé (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 20,002 km²

Population: 420,082 Catholics (78.0% of 538,567 total)

Pastoral Centres: 22 parishes

Personnel: 25 priests (17 diocesan, 8 religious), 4 deacons, 8 religious (8 brothers), 8 seminarians

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