Paraguay

Oldest and Youngest Bishops

Birthdate	Age	Name	Current Title
Oldest
24 Jan 1914		Archbishop Ismael Blas Rolón Silvero, S.D.B.	Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción
23 Aug 1915		Antonio Cardinal Innocenti	Prefect Emeritus of the Congregation for the Clergy, Roman Curia
22 Aug 1924		Bishop Carlos Milcíades Villalba Aquino	Bishop Emeritus of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones
1 May 1926		Archbishop Felipe Santiago Benitez Avalos	Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción
22 Feb 1929		Bishop Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks	Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación
15 Feb 1930		Archbishop Giorgio Zur	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
6 Sep 1934		Bishop Zacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B.	Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
11 Jul 1935		Bishop Celso Yegros Estigarribia	Bishop of Carapeguá
30 Oct 1935		Bishop Claudio Silvero Acosta, S.C.I.	Auxiliary Bishop of Encarnación
28 Jul 1936		Bishop Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I.	Bishop of Encarnación
1 Sep 1937		Bishop Oscar Páez Garcete	Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad del Este
19 Sep 1939		Bishop Sebelio Peralta Alvarez	Bishop of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo
Youngest
13 Dec 1954		Bishop Ricardo Valenzuela Rios	Bishop of Paraguay, Military
8 Jul 1951		Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores	Bishop of San Pedro
24 Jun 1951		Bishop Juan Bautista Gavilán Velásquez	Bishop of Coronel Oviedo
30 May 1949		Bishop Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, S.V.D.	Bishop Emeritus of San Pedro
30 Aug 1945		Bishop Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano	Bishop of Ciudad del Este
19 Nov 1944		Bishop Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B.	Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo
15 Oct 1944		Archbishop Orlando Antonini	Apostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
25 Feb 1942		Archbishop Antonio Lucibello	Apostolic Nuncio to Turkey
18 Nov 1941		Bishop Lucio Alfert, O.M.I.	Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo
3 Oct 1941		Bishop Cándido Cárdenas Villalba	Bishop of Benjamín Aceval
25 Nov 1940		Bishop Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina	Bishop of Caacupé
29 Sep 1940		Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri	Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil

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