Bishop Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala, S.D.B.

Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción, Paraguay

Titular Bishop of Media

Motto: La Caridad De Cristo Nos Urge

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
18 Jun 1971		Born
31 Jan 1993	21.6	Professed	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
31 Jan 1999	27.6	Perpetual Vows	Member of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
10 Feb 2001	29.6	Ordained Priest	Priest of Salesians of Saint John Bosco
18 Jun 2013	42.0	Appointed	Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay
18 Jun 2013	42.0	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Media
3 Aug 2013	42.1	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Media
9 Aug 2013	42.1	Installed	Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay
28 Aug 2026	55.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción, Paraguay

MicroData Summary
Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala
Bishop Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala S.D.B.
(born 18 Jun 1971)
Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción

Ad Limina - November 2017: Bishop

Event Place
Birth Place Asunción, Archdiocese of Asunción
Ordained Priest Asunción, Archdiocese of Asunción
Ordained Bishop María Auxiliadora, Shrine, Asunción, Archdiocese of Asunción

Please contact the Bishop through the Archdiocese of Asunción.

a priest for years
a bishop for years

Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B.
Coadjutor Archbishop of Asunción
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop Zacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B. †
Bishop Emeritus of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
Bishop Lucio Alfert, O.M.I.
Titular Bishop of Tubyza

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B. (2006)
Coadjutor Archbishop of Asunción
Archbishop Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.Ss.R. † (1982)
Archbishop of Asunción
Archbishop Ismael Blas Rolón Silvero, S.D.B. † (1966)
Archbishop of Asunción
Archbishop Juan José Aníbal Mena Porta † (1936)
Archbishop of Asunción
Archbishop Juan Sinforiano Bogarín † (1895)
Archbishop of Asunción
Bishop Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna, S.D.B. † (1893)
Titular Bishop of Oëa
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Asunción, Archdiocese of Asunción
Ordained Priest	Asunción, Archdiocese of Asunción
Ordained Bishop	María Auxiliadora, Shrine, Asunción, Archdiocese of Asunción

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q15811208

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 18 Jun 2013
ob: CB, 8 Jul 2013
c2+: CB, 2 Aug 2013
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 215, Number 17,844
ab: Bollettino, 28 Aug 2026

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