Conferencia Episcopal Paraguaya (C.E.P.)

Conference of Bishops

Also known as: Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (English)

Address: Alberdi 782, Casilla Correo 1436, 1209 Asunción, Paraguay

Phone: (021) 490.920;492.670

Websites:

Present Officials

President (2024.11.06 – ...):	Bishop Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp. (66) Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay)
General Secretary (2024.11.06 – ...):	Bishop Roberto Carlos Zacarías López (54) Bishop of Canindeyú (Paraguay)

Past Officials

President: Cardinal Adalberto Martínez Flores (75) (2018.11.09 – 2024.11.06)
President: Archbishop Edmundo Ponciano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B. (81) (2015.11.03 – 2018.11.09)
President: Bishop Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, I.Sch. (85) (2011.11 – 2015.11.03)
President: Archbishop Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R. (2008 – 2011)
President: Bishop Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. di Béth. (90) (2005.11 – 2008)
President: Bishop Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, I.Sch. (85) (2002 – 2005)
President: Bishop Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks (1999 – 2002)
President: Bishop Oscar Páez Garcete (1994 – 1999)
President: Bishop Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks (1990 – 1994)
President: Archbishop Felipe Santiago Benítez Ávalos (1989 – 1990)
President: Archbishop Ismael Blas Rolón Silvero, S.D.B. (1985 – 1989)
President: Bishop Felipe Santiago Benítez Ávalos (later Archbishop) (1973 – 1985)
President: Bishop Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña (1970 – 1973)
President: Archbishop Juan José Aníbal Mena Porta (1958 – 1970)
Vice-President: Bishop Miguel Ángel Cabello Almada (61) (2024.11.06 – 2024.12.05)
Vice-President: Bishop Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp. (66) (2018.11.09 – 2024.11.06)
Vice-President: Bishop Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Ríos (71) (2015.11.03 – 2018.11.09)
Vice-President: Archbishop Edmundo Ponciano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B. (81) (2011.11 – 2015.11.03)
Vice-President: Bishop Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, I.Sch. (85) (2008 – 2011.11)
Vice-President: Archbishop Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R. (2002 – 2008)
General Secretary: Bishop Amancio Francisco Benítez Candia (53) (2018.11.09 – 2024.11.06)
General Secretary: Bishop Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero (75) (2015.11.03 – 2018.11.09)
General Secretary: Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores (75) (later Cardinal) (2011.11 – 2015.11.03)
General Secretary: Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores (75) (later Cardinal) (2005 – 2011)
General Secretary: Bishop Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Ríos (71) (2002 – 2005)
General Secretary: Bishop Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R. (later Archbishop) (1994 – 2002)
General Secretary: Bishop Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks (1978 – ?)
General Secretary: Bishop Felipe Santiago Benítez Ávalos (later Archbishop) (1965 – 1969)

Last updated on 2026.09.04