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Paraguay

Seniority by Bishop Ordination


Ordained
Bishop
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
23 Jan 1966 Archbishop Ismael Blas Rolón Silvero, S.D.B.Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción
1 May 1976 Bishop Claudio Silvero Acosta, S.C.I.Auxiliary Bishop of Encarnación
25 Nov 1976 Bishop Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres BanksBishop Emeritus of Encarnación
19 Aug 1978 Bishop Oscar Páez GarceteBishop Emeritus of Ciudad del Este
3 Sep 1978 Bishop Carlos Milcíades Villalba AquinoBishop Emeritus of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones
24 Feb 1979 Archbishop Giorgio ZurApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
1 May 1979 Bishop Sebelio Peralta AlvarezBishop of San Lorenzo
10 Aug 1980 Bishop Mario Melanio Medina SalinasBishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones
15 Aug 1982 Archbishop Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R.Archbishop of Asunción
29 May 1983 Bishop Celso Yegros EstigarribiaBishop of Carapeguá
21 May 1986 Bishop Lucio Alfert, O.M.I.Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo
26 Jun 1988 Bishop Zacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B.Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
Most Junior
30 Aug 2009 Bishop Joaquín Hermes Robledo RomeroCoadjutor Bishop of Carapeguá
27 Feb 2009 Bishop Francisco Javier Del Valle ParedesBishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil
22 Apr 2006 Bishop Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B.Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo
3 Oct 2004 Bishop Rogelio Ricardo Livieres PlanoBishop of Ciudad del Este
5 Oct 2003 Archbishop Eliseo Antonio AriottiApostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
11 Sep 1999 Archbishop Orlando AntoniniApostolic Nuncio to Serbia
20 Sep 1998 Bishop Cándido Cárdenas VillalbaBishop of Benjamín Aceval
7 Jun 1998 Bishop Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I.Bishop of Encarnación
8 Nov 1997 Bishop Adalberto Martínez FloresBishop of San Pedro
4 Nov 1995 Archbishop Antonio LucibelloApostolic Nuncio to Turkey
8 May 1994 Bishop Juan Bautista Gavilán VelásquezBishop of Coronel Oviedo
17 Apr 1994 (Layman) Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, S.V.D.

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