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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Villarrica Del Espíritu Santo
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo ( la, Dioecesis Villaricensis Spiritus Sancti) is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Asunción, which cover all and only Paraguay. Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Santa Clara, dedicated to Saint Clara, in the city of Villarrica, Guairá Department. Statistics As per 2014, it pastorally served 342,000 Catholics (99.7% of 343,000 total) on 13,342 km² in 35 parishes, 43 priests (39 diocesan, 4 religious), 65 deacons, 89 lay religious (13 brothers, 76 sisters), 27 seminarians. History * On May 1, 1929, the Diocese of Villarrica was established on territory split off from the then Roman Catholic Diocese of Paraguay * It lost territories thrice : on 1957.01.19 to establish Diocese of San Juan Bautista, on 1957.01.21 to establish Territorial Prelature of Encarnación y Alto Paraná (now a diocese) and on 1978.06.05 to establish Diocese of Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Asunción
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Asunción ( la, Archidioecesis Sanctissimae Assumptionis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Paraguay. It was created as the Diocese of Paraguay by Pope Paul III on July 1, 1547, and was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Pius XI on May 1, 1929, with the suffragan sees of Benjamín Aceval, Caacupé, Carapeguá, Ciudad del Este, Concepción, Coronel Oviedo, Encarnación, San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, San Lorenzo, San Pedro, and Villarrica del Espíritu Santo. The archdiocese's mother church and thus seat of its archbishop is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption. As the only metropolitan in Paraguay, it is the principal episcopal see of that country. the Archbishop of Asunción was Eustaquio Cuquejo Verga, CSSR, having been appointed by Pope John Paul II on June 15, 2002. On Tuesday, November 8, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI, appointed Bishop Edmundo Valenzuela, S.D.B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustin Rodríguez
Augustin may refer to: * Augustin (name), male name, variant of Augustine * Augustin (typography), English or 14-point type * Augustin, Brașov, a commune in Brașov County, Romania * Dacian fortress of Augustin, ruined Dacian fortified town in modern Romania * Palace of Augustin, a palace in Vitoria, Spain Film * ''Augustin'' (film), a 1995 French film * ''Augustin, King of Kung-Fu'', 1999 French movie Music * O du lieber Augustin ("Oh, you dear Augustin"), a popular Viennese song * "Augustin" (song), Sweden's 1959 Eurovision Song Contest entry See also * Augustine (other) Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430), was a Church Father. Augustine may also refer to: People * Augustine (actor) (1955–2013), Malayalam film actor * Augustine of Canterbury (died 604), the first Archbishop of Canterbury * Saint Augustine (d ... * Agustin {{Disambiguation, geo, hn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apostolic Administrator
An Apostolic administration in the Catholic Church is administrated by a prelate appointed by the pope to serve as the ordinary for a specific area. Either the area is not yet a diocese (a stable 'pre-diocesan', usually missionary apostolic administration), or is a diocese, eparchy or similar permanent ordinariate (such as a territorial prelature or a territorial abbacy) that either has no bishop (an apostolic administrator ''sede vacante'', as after an episcopal death or resignation) or, in very rare cases, has an incapacitated bishop (apostolic administrator ''sede plena''). Characteristics Apostolic administrators of stable administrations are equivalent in canon law with diocesan bishops, meaning they have essentially the same authority as a diocesan bishop. This type of apostolic administrator is usually the bishop of a titular see. Administrators ''sede vacante'' or ''sede plena'' only serve in their role until a newly chosen diocesan bishop takes possession of the dioc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of San Lorenzo
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Lorenzo ( la, Dioecesis Sancti Laurentii) is a diocese located in the city of San Lorenzo in the Ecclesiastical province of Asunción in Paraguay. History * On May 18, 2000, the Diocese of San Lorenzo was established from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Asunción Leadership * Bishops of San Lorenzo (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order ** Bishop Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero (July 4, 2015 – present) ** Bishop Sebelio Peralta Álvarez (December 27, 2008 – November 19, 2014) ** Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores Adalberto Martínez Flores (born 8 July 1951) is a Paraguayan prelate of the Catholic Church who was named as the Archbishop of Asunción in 2022. He has been a bishop since 1997. Flores was created a cardinal by Pope Francis at a consistory o ... (May 18, 2000 – February 19, 2007), appointed Bishop of San Pedro References GCatholic.org Diocese website (Spanish) Roman Catholic dioceses in Paraguay Christian org ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iunca In Mauretania
The Diocese of Iunca in Mauretania is a suppressed residential see and current titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. The bishopric was centered on an ancient Roman town, now lost to history, that was located in the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis, in today's Algeria. The ancient town flourished in late antiquity but did not last long after the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb The Muslim conquest of the Maghreb ( ar, الْفَتْحُ الإسلَامِيُّ لِلْمَغرِب) continued the century of rapid Muslim conquests following the death of Muhammad in 632 and into the Byzantine-controlled territories of .... Today the bishopric survives only as a titular archbishopric and the archbishop until his death was Luis Sáinz Hinojosa. at Catholic-Hierarchy.org. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebelio Peralta Álvarez
Sebelio Peralta Álvarez (September 19, 1939 – November 19, 2014) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1964, Peralta Álvarez was named auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Villarrica, Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to th ... in 1979. He was then named bishop of the Diocese of Villerrica del Espíritu Santo in 1990. In 2008, he was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Lorenzo. Notes 1939 births 2014 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Paraguay 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Paraguay Roman Catholic bishops of San Lorenzo Roman Catholic bishops of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo {{Paraguay-RC-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Carapeguá
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Carapeguá ( la, Dioecesis Carapeguana) is a diocese located in the city of Carapeguá in the Ecclesiastical province of Asunción Asunción (, , , Guarani: Paraguay) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of ... in Paraguay. History * On March 29, 1967, the Diocese of Carapeguá was established from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo, Diocese of Villarrica Bishops * Bishops of Carapeguá (Roman rite), in reverse chronological order ** Bishop Celestino Ocampo Gaona (June 16, 2018 – present) ** Bishop Joaquín Hermes Robledo Romero (July 9, 2010 – July 4, 2015), appointed Bishop of San Lorenzo ** Bishop Celso Yegros Estigarribia (April 6, 1983 – July 9, 2010) ** Bishop Angel Nicolás Acha Duarte (June 5, 1978 – June 24, 1982) Coadjutor bishop *Joa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chersonesus In Europa
Chersonesus in Europa was an Ancient city and bishopric and is now a Latin Catholic titular see in Turkish Thrace, near modern Hexamili. History Hereclea was important enough in the Roman province of Europa to become a suffragan bishopric of its capital Perinthus's Metropolitan Archbishopric. Yet it would fade. Titular see The diocese was nominally restored as a Latin Catholic titular bishopric in 1933. It is vacant since decades, having had only these two consecutive incumbents : * Carlos María Cafferata (1956.05.22 – 1961.07.11), as Auxiliary Bishop of Rosario (Argentina) (1956.05.22 – 1961.07.11), later Bishop of San Luis San Luis (Spanish for "Saint Louis") may refer to: Places Argentina * San Luis Province * San Luis, Argentina, capital of San Luis Province Belize * San Luis, Belize, in Orange Walk District Colombia * San Luis, Antioquia, a town and municipality ... (Argentina) (1961.07.11 – 1971.07.06 * Felipe Santiago Benítez Avalos (1961.08.10 – 1965.1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felipe Santiago Benítez Avalos
Felipe is the Spanish variant of the name Philip, which derives from the Greek adjective ''Philippos'' "friend of horses". Felipe is also widely used in Portuguese-speaking Brazil alongside Filipe, the form commonly used in Portugal. Noteworthy people with this name include: Politics * Felipe Calderón, former President of Mexico * Felipe I of Spain * Felipe II of Spain * Felipe III of Spain * Felipe IV of Spain * Felipe V of Spain * Felipe VI of Spain, King of Spain * Felipe de Marichalar y Borbón, nephew of the Spanish king * Felipe Herrera, Chilean economist * FELIPE may refer to the Popular Liberation Front in Spain Sports * Felipe Paulino (born 1983), Dominican-Venezuelan baseball pitcher * Felipe Alou (born 1935), Dominican baseball player and manager * Felipe Contepomi (born 1977), Argentine rugby union player * Felipe Drugovich (born 2000), Brazilian racing driver * Felipe Franco, Brazilian water polo player * Felipe Kitadai (born 1989), Brazilian Olympic medali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Military Vicariate Of Paraguay
The Military Bishopric of Paraguay ( es, Obispado de las Fuerzas Armadas y la Policia Nacional del Paraguay) is a military ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church. Immediately subject to the Holy See, it provides pastoral care to Roman Catholics serving in the Paraguayan Armed Forces and their families. History It was established as a military vicariate on 20 December 1961, but the first military vicar was not appointed until 7 December 1965. It was elevated to a military ordinariate on 21 July 1986. Office holders Military vicars * Augustin Rodríguez (appointed 7 December 1965 – died 1969) * Juan Moleón Andreu (appointed 1 February 1972 – died 20 September 1980 ) * ''No military vicars (1980–1986)''. Military ordinaries * ''No military ordinaries (1986–1992)''. * Pastor Cuquejo, C.Ss.R. (appointed 5 May 1992 – transferred to the Archdiocese of Asunción 15 June 2002) * Ricardo Valenzuela Rios Ricardo is the Spanish and Portuguese cognate of the name Rich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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