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Paraguay

Oldest and Youngest Bishops


BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
24 Jan 1914 Archbishop Ismael Blas Rolón Silvero, S.D.B.Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción
22 Aug 1924 Bishop Carlos Milcíades Villalba AquinoBishop Emeritus of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones
22 Feb 1929 Bishop Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres BanksBishop Emeritus of Encarnación
15 Feb 1930 Archbishop Giorgio ZurApostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
6 Sep 1934 Bishop Zacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B.Bishop of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay
11 Jul 1935 Bishop Celso Yegros EstigarribiaBishop of Carapeguá
30 Oct 1935 Bishop Claudio Silvero Acosta, S.C.I.Auxiliary Bishop of Encarnación
28 Jul 1936 Bishop Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I.Bishop of Encarnación
1 Sep 1937 Bishop Oscar Páez GarceteBishop Emeritus of Ciudad del Este
19 Sep 1939 Bishop Sebelio Peralta AlvarezBishop of San Lorenzo
20 Sep 1939 Archbishop Eustaquio Pastor Cuquejo Verga, C.SS.R.Archbishop of Asunción
22 Oct 1939 Bishop Mario Melanio Medina SalinasBishop of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones
Youngest
13 Dec 1954 Bishop Ricardo Valenzuela RiosBishop of Paraguay, Military
8 Jul 1951 Bishop Adalberto Martínez FloresBishop of San Pedro
24 Jun 1951 Bishop Juan Bautista Gavilán VelásquezBishop of Coronel Oviedo
26 Sep 1950 Bishop Joaquín Hermes Robledo RomeroCoadjutor Bishop of Carapeguá
30 May 1949 (Layman) Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, S.V.D.
17 Nov 1948 Archbishop Eliseo Antonio AriottiApostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
30 Aug 1945 Bishop Rogelio Ricardo Livieres PlanoBishop of Ciudad del Este
19 Nov 1944 Bishop Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B.Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo
15 Oct 1944 Archbishop Orlando AntoniniApostolic Nuncio to Serbia
3 Dec 1942 Bishop Francisco Javier Del Valle ParedesBishop of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil
25 Feb 1942 Archbishop Antonio LucibelloApostolic Nuncio to Turkey
18 Nov 1941 Bishop Lucio Alfert, O.M.I.Vicar Apostolic of Pilcomayo

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