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Diocese of Ciudad del Este

Dioecesis Urbis Orientalis



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Bishop(s)

  • Pedro Collar Noguera, Bishop
  • Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I., Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Name Changed: 3 February 2001
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Asunción
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Paraguay
  • Square Kilometers: 14,895 (5,753 Square Miles)
  • Description: Civil Department of Alto Paraná
  • Official Web Site: https://diocesiscde.org.py/
  • Mailing Address: Calle Pampliega 415 y Mons. Cedzich, Ciudad del Este, Alto Parana, Paraguay
  • Telephone: (061)512.318
  • Fax: 511.390

Historical Details


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
Territorial Prelature of Alto Paraná
25 March 1968SplitTerritorial Prelature of Encarnación y Alto Paraná Territorial Prelature of Alto Paraná (Alto Paraná)
Territorial Prelature of Encarnación
Diocese of Alto Paraná
10 July 1993ElevatedTerritorial Prelature of Alto Paraná Diocese of Alto Paraná
Diocese of Ciudad del Este
3 February 2001Name ChangedDiocese of Alto Paraná Diocese of Ciudad del Este
10 February 2024Territory LostDiocese of Ciudad del Este Diocese of Canindeyú (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
Territorial Prelature of Alto Paraná
197065,00070,00092.9%11115,90911167ap1971
1976130,000150,00086.7%122235,65227209ap1977
1980184,600236,00078.2%234365,127444721ap1981
1990494,000514,80096.0%152539,3201589630ap1991
Diocese of Alto Paraná
1999567,000586,00096.8%957668,5906612031ap2000
Diocese of Ciudad del Este
2000580,000600,00096.7%1157688,5296612031ap2001
2001580,000600,00096.7%1556718,1695612034ap2002
2002585,000605,00096.7%1466807,3126611035ap2003
2003590,000600,00098.3%1566817,2836612035ap2004
2004590,000600,10098.3%1470847,02310012236ap2005
2006700,000712,20998.3%1270828,5368212538ap2007
2013783,000795,00098.5%62491117,05417412447ap2014
2016974,4331,101,33988.5%72611337,326211017051ap2017
20191,009,1521,034,28397.6%65611268,009211920251ap2020
20211,036,3001,081,69395.8%66601268,22411820450ap2022
2024756,759858,00388.2%74431176,4682286844bul:10Feb2024

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


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Territorial Prelature of Alto Paraná
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 60, Page 556, and Page 557
  • Diocese of Alto Paraná
    • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 86, Page 9, and Page 10

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