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Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones

Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis Baptistae a Missionibus



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 19 January 1957
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Asunción
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Paraguay
  • Square Kilometers: 21,703 (8,382 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Av. Monsenor Gabino Rojas 807 y Primer Intendente, San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
  • Telephone: (07)212.231
  • Fax: (same)

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
19 January 1957ErectedArchdiocese of Asunción (Villa Oliva, Alberdi, and Villa Franca (all in Neembucus))
Diocese of Villarrica (Misiones (S. Juan Bautista, Ayolas, S. Ignacio, Santa María, S. Miguel, S. Patricio, S. Rosa, Santiago, Villa Florida) and parts of Neembucú (Pilar, Cerrito, Desmochados, General Díaz, Guazucuá, Humaita, Isla Umbú, Laureles, Paso de Patria, Pedro ...)
Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1965117,852118,07599.8%1014244,910181526ap1967
1970121,015121,35799.7%1118294,17211241326ap1971
1976147,819152,38997.0%1215275,474201627ap1977
1980151,900157,40096.5%1217295,237242528ap1981
1990196,000200,70097.7%1014248,166195229ap1991
1999177,000180,00098.3%1019296,103215730ap2000
2000186,090189,30098.3%1218306,203234529ap2001
2001192,000197,50097.2%1419335,818255129ap2002
2002195,300200,30097.5%1518335,918236229ap2003
2003197,000200,30098.4%1516316,354226029ap2004
2004198,000201,00098.5%1513287,071185429ap2005
2010214,000218,00098.2%1610268,2302126030ap2011
2014227,000231,00098.3%1916356,4852184530ap2015
2017238,540242,40098.4%1816347,0152194230ap2018
2020216,300216,311100.0%1716336,5542184131ap2021
2022213,801219,15197.6%1515307,1262183731ap2023

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 49, Page 395, to Page 397

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