Roman Catholic Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones

Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones

Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis Baptistae a Missionibus
Location
CountryParaguay
MetropolitanAsunción
Statistics
Area21,703 km2 (8,380 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
201,000
198,000 (98.5%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopPedro Collar Noguera
Bishops emeritusMario Melanio Medina Salinas
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Juan Bautista (de las Misiones) (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis Baptistae a Missionibus) is a southern suffragan Latin Catholic diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Asunción, which covers all of Paraguay (except the pre-diocesan missions).

History

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Special churches

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Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral San Juan Bautista, dedicated to John the Baptist, in the city of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones in Misiones Department

It also has a Minor Basilica : the Marian Basílica Nuestra Señora del Pilar, dedicated to Our Lady of Pilar, in Pilar, Paraguay, Ñeembucu.

Statistics

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As per 2014, it pastorally served 227,000 Catholics (98.3% of 231,000 total) on 21,700 km2 in 30 parishes and 139 missions with 35 priests (19 diocesan, 16 religious), 2 deacons, 63 lay religious (18 brothers, 45 sisters) and 5 seminarians.[2]

Bishops

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(all Roman rite natives)

Episcopal ordinaries

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Suffragan Bishops of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones [3]
  • Ramón Bogarín Argaña (January 19, 1957 – death September 3, 1976), also President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (1970 – 1973); previously Titular Bishop of Bagis (1954.12.01 – 1957.01.19) as Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción (Paraguay) (1954.12.01 – 1957.01.19)
  • Carlos Milcíades Villalba Aquino (July 25, 1978 – retired July 22, 1999), died January 8, 2016
  • Mario Melanio Medina Salinas (July 22, 1999 – retired 2017.02.16); previously Bishop of Benjamín Aceval (Paraguay) (1980.06.28 – 1997.07.08) and Coadjutor Bishop of San Juan Bautista (1997.07.08 – succession 1999.07.22)
  • Pedro Collar Noguera (2017.02.16 – ...); previously Titular Bishop of Thamugadi (2016.04.23 – 2017.02.16) as Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay) (2016.04.23 – 2017.02.16).

Coadjutor bishop

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Diocese of San Juan Bautista, Paraguay".
  2. ^ "Diocese of San Juan Bautista, Paraguay".
  3. ^ "Diocese of San Juan Bautista, Paraguay".