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Diocese of San Pedro

Dioecesis Sancti Petri Apostoli



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 5 June 1978
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Asunción
  • Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Paraguay
  • Square Kilometers: 20,002 (7,725 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Avda. Mariscal Estigarribia y General Diaz 104, Villa de San Pedro, Paraguay
  • Telephone: (0342)222.318

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
5 June 1978ErectedDiocese of Concepción (Santissima Concezione) en Paraguay (San Pedro) Diocese of San Pedro (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1980195,200205,50095.0%5111612,200121110ap1981
1990221,609236,91093.5%651120,14651217ap1991
1999320,000352,00090.9%10122214,545122518ap2000
2000330,000365,00090.4%8111917,368132817ap2001
2001330,000370,00089.2%10112115,714132219ap2002
2002350,000400,00087.5%8111918,421142219ap2003
2003350,000381,31891.8%12102215,909112519ap2004
2004350,000380,78791.9%1081819,44492019ap2005
2010402,000438,00091.8%10172714,888282620ap2011
2014430,000468,00091.9%10132318,6951133120ap2015
2017388,710451,23086.1%13122515,548121821ap2018
2020369,967483,28976.6%1792614,229922ap2021
2022410,337512,92180.0%1892715,1972922ap2023

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 70, Page 443, and Page 444

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