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Diocese of Carapeguá

Dioecesis Carapeguana



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General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 5 June 1978
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Asunción
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Paraguay
  • Square Kilometers: 8,705 (3,362 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Pedro Juan Caballero 875, Calle Gral. Bernardino Caballero, Carapegua, Paraguay
  • Telephone: (0218)212.352

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
5 June 1978ErectedArchdiocese of Asunción (Departamento Paraguarí) Diocese of Carapeguá (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1980225,200251,80089.4%1572210,236153917ap1981
1990304,000312,00097.4%9112015,200276617ap1991
1991322,000330,00097.6%1482214,636166117ap2001
2001200,000220,00090.9%981711,764184717ap2002
2002205,000226,00090.7%1210229,3181114317ap2004
2004206,000226,51490.9%129219,80995217ap2005
2006215,000236,00091.1%1310239,347114217ap2007
2013236,000246,00095.9%961515,733124917ap2014
2016233,764262,22089.1%1582310,163164517ap2017
2019233,839261,61089.4%1382111,135164818ap2020
2021235,839259,55090.9%1341713,87284218ap2022

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 70, Page 444, to Page 446

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