Bishop(s)
Suffragan Dioceses
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General Information
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Date | Event | From | To |
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Diocese of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione) | |||
1 July 1547 | Erected | Diocese of Cuzco | Diocese of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione) (erected) |
6 April 1620 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione) | Diocese of Buenos Aires (erected) |
1 May 1929 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione)
Prefecture Apostolic of Pilcomayo | Diocese of Concepción y Chaco (erected) |
1 May 1929 | Territory Lost | Diocese of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione) | Diocese of Villarrica (erected) |
Archdiocese of Asunción | |||
1 May 1929 | Elevated | Diocese of Paraguay (o Ssma Assunzione) | Archdiocese of Asunción |
19 January 1957 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Asunción
Diocese of Villarrica | Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones (erected) |
2 August 1960 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Asunción
Diocese of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay | Territorial Prelature of Caacupé (erected) |
18 May 2000 | Territory Lost | Archdiocese of Asunción | Diocese of San Lorenzo (erected) |
Year | Catholics | Total Population | Percent Catholic | Diocesan Priests | Religious Priests | Total Priests | Catholics Per Priest | Permanent Deacons | Male Religious | Female Religious | Parishes | Source |
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Archdiocese of Asunción | ||||||||||||
1950 | 695,000 | 700,000 | 99.3% | 44 | 70 | 114 | 6,096 | 70 | 180 | 44 | ap1951 | |
1959 | 686,000 | 712,000 | 96.3% | 73 | 75 | 148 | 4,635 | 112 | 293 | 48 | ap1960 | |
1966 | 501,880 | 550,880 | 91.1% | 77 | 128 | 205 | 2,448 | 125 | 310 | 49 | ap1967 | |
1968 | 501,880 | 550,880 | 91.1% | 86 | 86 | 5,835 | 48 | ap1971 | ||||
1976 | 672,165 | 746,850 | 90.0% | 71 | 114 | 185 | 3,633 | 212 | 409 | 69 | ap1977 | |
1980 | 735,764 | 817,516 | 90.0% | 63 | 140 | 203 | 3,624 | 209 | 460 | 66 | ap1981 | |
1990 | 1,164,318 | 1,293,687 | 90.0% | 74 | 165 | 239 | 4,871 | 332 | 572 | 79 | ap1991 | |
1999 | 919,000 | 1,483,000 | 62.0% | 71 | 30 | 101 | 9,099 | 45 | 213 | 568 | 73 | ap2000 |
2000 | 1,100,000 | 1,348,951 | 81.5% | 53 | 67 | 120 | 9,166 | 34 | 398 | 647 | 60 | ap2001 |
2001 | 774,000 | 1,602,173 | 48.3% | 136 | 218 | 354 | 2,186 | 51 | 456 | 1,386 | 73 | ap2002 |
2002 | 1,365,000 | 2,825,000 | 48.3% | 141 | 218 | 359 | 3,802 | 51 | 465 | 1,438 | 83 | ap2003 |
2003 | 1,350,000 | 1,500,000 | 90.0% | 139 | 537 | 676 | 1,997 | 51 | 726 | 1,423 | 72 | ap2004 |
2004 | 1,350,000 | 1,500,000 | 90.0% | 124 | 537 | 661 | 2,042 | 57 | 679 | 1,423 | 72 | ap2005 |
2006 | 1,419,000 | 1,577,000 | 90.0% | 128 | 537 | 665 | 2,133 | 64 | 782 | 1,447 | 64 | ap2007 |
2012 | 1,585,000 | 1,750,000 | 90.6% | 61 | 170 | 231 | 6,861 | 65 | 408 | 485 | 76 | ap2013 |
2015 | 1,664,000 | 1,839,000 | 90.5% | 81 | 170 | 251 | 6,629 | 96 | 564 | 480 | 76 | ap2016 |
2018 | 1,743,490 | 1,927,010 | 90.5% | 81 | 295 | 376 | 4,636 | 96 | 677 | 480 | 97 | ap2019 |
Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.
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