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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción en Paraguay () is a
diocese In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...
located in the city of Concepción in the
ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian churches, including those of both Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity, that have traditional hierarchical structures. An ecclesiastical province consist ...
of
Asunción Asunción (, ) 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 Asunción in the north ...
in Paraguay.


History

* On May 1, 1929, the Diocese of Concepción y Chaco was established from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paraguay and Apostolic Prefecture of Pilcomayo. * On July 7, 1949, the diocese was renamed as the Diocese of Concepción.


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Roman Catholic dioceses in Paraguay Christian organizations established in 1929 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 20th century Concepcion en Paraguay, Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción Department, Paraguay {{Paraguay-RC-diocese-stub