The Roman Catholic Diocese of Encarnación ( la, Dioecesis Sanctissimae Incarnationis) is a

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located in the city of Encarnación 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 January 21, 1957, the

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of Encarnación y Alto Paraná was established from the Diocese of Concepción and Diocese of Villarrica * On March 25, 1968, the territorial prelature was renamed as the Territorial Prelature of Encarnación * On April 19, 1990: Promoted as Diocese of Encarnación

Bishops

Ordinaries, in reverse chronological order

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s of Encarnación (Roman rite), below ** Bishop Francisco Javier Pistilli Scorzara, P. Schönstatt (November 15, 2014 – present) ** Bishop Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. (July 12, 2004 – November 15, 2014) ** Bishop

Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks (22 February 1929 – 17 December 2018) was a Paraguayan Roman Catholic bishop. Biography Livieres Banks was born in Paraguay and was ordained to the priesthood in 1956. He served as titular bishop of ''Uti ...

(April 19, 1990 – July 5, 2003) * Prelates of Encarnación (Roman Rite), below ** Bishop Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks (July 24, 1987 – April 19, 1990) ** Bishop Juan Bockwinckel, S.V.D. (May 11, 1968 – July 24, 1987) ** Bishop Johannes Wiesen, S.V.D. (January 21, 1957 – March 1, 1972)

Auxiliary bishop

* Claudio Silvero Acosta, S.C.I. di Béth. (26 Mar 1998 - 15 Nov 2014)

References

GCatholic.org

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