The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad del Este ( la, Dioecesis Urbis Orientalis) is a

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of the Roman Catholic Church based in the city of

Ciudad del Este Ciudad del Este (, Spanish for Eastern City; often shortered as CDE) is the second-largest city in Paraguay and capital of the Alto Paraná Department, situated on the Paraná River. It is located 327 km from Asunción, the capital, and is a ...

, in the

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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 25, 1968, the

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of Alto Paraná was established from the Territorial Prelature of Encarnación y Alto Paraná * On July 10, 1993, the territorial prelature was established as the Diocese of Alto Paraná * On February 3, 2001, the diocese as renamed as the Diocese of Ciudad del Este The diocese became noted in 2014 due to the ouster of its bishop, Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano, by

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for his alleged promotion of a

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of the diocese who had been accused of the sexual abuse of a minor while serving in the United States. Livieres was then barred from presiding at public celebrations of the

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. Since then, accusations of major financial mismanagement of the finances of the diocese by Livieres have also surfaced, with the diocese reportedly close to a million United States dollars in debt.

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

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s of Ciudad del Este (

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), below ** Heinz Wilhelm Steckling,

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(15 November 2014 – ) **

Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano (30 August 1945 – 14 August 2015) was an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church who was Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, from 2004 to 2014. Biography Born in Corrientes, Argentina, on 30 August 1945, Rogel ...

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(July 12, 2004 – September 25, 2014) **

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, S.C.I. (February 3, 2001 – July 12, 2004), appointed Bishop of Encarnación * Bishops of Alto Paraná (Latin Church), below **

Oscar Páez Garcete Oscar Páez Garcete (1 September 1937 – March 29, 2016) was a Roman Catholic bishop. Ordained to the priesthood in 1961, Páez Garcete was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pedro, Paraguay Paraguay (; ), officially the ...

(July 10, 1993 – February 5, 2000) * Prelates of Alto Paraná (Latin Church), below **

Pastor Cuquejo Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga C.Ss.R. (20 September 1939 – 22 August 2023) was a Paraguayan Roman Catholic prelate who was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Asunción. Biography Cuquejo was born on San Estanislao on 20 Se ...

, C.Ss.R. (later Archbishop of Asunción) (April 19, 1990 – May 5, 1992), appointed Bishop of Paraguay, Military **

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, S.V.D. (July 25, 1972 – April 19, 1990) **

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, S.V.D. (May 11, 1968 – December 23, 1971)

Auxiliary bishop

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(2016-2017), appointed Bishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones

References

GCatholic.org

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