The Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción en Paraguay ( la, Dioecesis Sanctissimae Conceptionis in Paraguay) is a

diocese In 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 provinces were administratively associa ...

located in the city of Concepción 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 o ...

in Paraguay.

History

* On May 1, 1929, the Diocese of Concepción y Chaco was established from the

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and Apostolic Prefecture of Pilcomayo * On July 7, 1949, the diocese was renamed as the Diocese of Concepción

Bishops

Roman rite *

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s of Concepción en Paraguay ** Bishop Emilio Sosa Gaona, S.D.B. (April 30, 1931 – May 14, 1963) ** Bishop Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas (December 4, 1965 – April 30, 1993) ** Bishop Juan Bautista Gavilán Velásquez (March 5, 1994 – December 18, 2001), appointed Bishop of Coronel Oviedo ** Bishop Zacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B. (July 12, 2003 – July 11, 2013) ** Bishop Miguel Ángel Cabello Almada (July 11, 2013 – present)

Auxiliary Bishop

* Julio Benigno Laschi González (1955-1965), appointed auxiliary bishop of Asunción

References

GCatholic.org

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