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Diocese of Benjamín Aceval

Dioecesis Beniaminacevalensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 28 June 1980
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Asunción
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Paraguay
  • Square Kilometers: 44,000 (16,995 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Santa Rosa de Lima 1485 y Carlos Antonio Lopez, 9800 Benjamin Aceval, Chaco, Paraguay
  • Telephone: (0226)26.22.24
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
28 June 1980ErectedDiocese of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
Vicariate Apostolic of Pilcomayo
Diocese of Benjamín Aceval (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
199066,16566,58099.4%33611,027836ap1991
199974,00078,50094.3%998,2226137ap2000
200076,80081,50094.2%91107,6807158ap2001
200177,50082,00094.5%131145,53510198ap2002
200277,85083,00093.8%111126,48710218ap2003
200377,85083,00093.8%91107,7856168ap2004
200477,95083,10093.8%91107,7955158ap2005
200678,05083,20093.8%111126,5047158ap2007
2015112,000120,00093.3%111110,181169ap2016
2018103,400122,50084.4%9911,488188ap2019
2020106,200132,30080.3%8813,2751148ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 73, Page 217, to Page 219

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