The Vicariate Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo ( la, Apostolicus Vicariatus Ciachensis in Paraquaria Natione) is a
Latin Church
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ecclesiastical territory or
apostolic vicariate of the
Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a ...
located in the city of
Fuerte Olimpo
Fuerte Olimpo () is a city in Paraguay. It is the capital of the department of Alto Paraguay. Straddling the river Paraguay which forms the border with Brazil, Fuerte Olimpo is Paraguay's northernmost departmental capital, located over 830 ...
in
Paraguay
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.
History
On 11 March 1948,
Pope Pius XII
Pope Pius XII ( it, Pio XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (; 2 March 18769 October 1958), was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958. Before his e ...
established the
Vicariate Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo from the
Diocese of Concepción y Chaco.
Ordinaries
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Ángel Muzzolón,
SDB † (11 March 1948 – 6 March 1969)
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Alejo del Carmen Obelar Colman
Alejandro de Vivar (1635–1660), better known as Mestizo Alejo, was a Chilean mestizo, who fought in the Arauco War. He was the son of the Mapuche cacique Curivilú and the Spanish Isabel de Vivar y Castro who was captured during a Mapuche ra ...
, SDB † (6 March 1969 – 13 September 1986)
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Zacarías Ortiz Rolón, SDB (12 March 1988 – 12 July 2003), appointed Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
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Edmundo Valenzuela, SDB (13 February 2006 – 8 November 2011), appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Asunción
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Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala, SDB (18 June 2013 – )
See also
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Roman Catholicism in Paraguay
The Catholic Church in Paraguay is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
In 2018, there were around 5.7 million Catholics in Paraguay - approximately 88.3%https://www.statista.com/statistics/10 ...
Sources
Apostolic vicariates
Roman Catholic dioceses in Paraguay
Christian organizations established in 1948
Fuerte Olimpo
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