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Paraguay

Seniority by Bishop Ordination


Ordained
Bishop
YearsNameCurrent Title
Most Senior
1 May 1976 Bishop Claudio Silvero Acosta, S.C.I. di Béth.Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación
10 Aug 1980 Bishop Mario Melanio Medina SalinasBishop Emeritus of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones
21 May 1986 Bishop Lucio Alfert, O.M.I.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pilcomayo
22 Dec 1991 Bishop Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, P. SchönstattBishop Emeritus of Caacupé
7 Mar 1992 Lorenzo Cardinal BaldisseriSecretary General Emeritus of the Synod of Bishops, Roman Curia
6 Jan 1994 Bishop Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela RiosBishop of Caacupé
17 Apr 1994 Mister Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, S.V.D.
8 May 1994 Bishop Juan Bautista Gavilán VelásquezBishop of Coronel Oviedo
4 Nov 1995 Archbishop Antonio LucibelloApostolic Nuncio
8 Nov 1997 Adalberto Cardinal Martínez FloresArchbishop of Asunción
7 Jun 1998 Bishop Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. di Béth.Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación
20 Sep 1998 Bishop Cándido Cárdenas VillalbaBishop Emeritus of Benjamín Aceval
Most Junior
9 Mar 2024 Archbishop Vincenzo TurturroApostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
2 Mar 2024 Bishop Roberto Carlos Zacarías LópezBishop of Canindeyú
5 Aug 2018 Bishop Celestino Ocampo GaonaBishop of Carapeguá
4 Aug 2018 Bishop Amancio Francisco Benítez CandiaBishop of Benjamín Aceval
28 May 2016 Bishop Pedro Collar NogueraBishop of Ciudad del Este
21 Dec 2014 Bishop Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I.Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad del Este
20 Dec 2014 Bishop Francisco Javier Pistilli Scorzara, P. SchönstattBishop of Encarnación
21 Dec 2013 Bishop Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp.Bishop of San Pedro
15 Sep 2013 Bishop Miguel Ángel Cabello AlmadaBishop of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo
3 Aug 2013 Bishop Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala, S.D.B.Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo
30 Aug 2009 Bishop Joaquín Hermes Robledo RomeroBishop of San Lorenzo
27 Feb 2009 Bishop Francisco Javier Del Valle ParedesBishop Emeritus of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil

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