Roman Catholic Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones
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Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones
Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis Baptistae a Missionibus
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Location | |
Country | Paraguay |
Metropolitan | Asunción |
Statistics | |
Area | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 201,000 198,000 (98.5%) |
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Rite | Latin Rite |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Mario Melanio Medina Salinas |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Ioannis Baptistae a Missionibus) is a diocese located in the city of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones in the Ecclesiastical province of Asunción in Paraguay.
History
- On January 19, 1957, the Diocese of San Juan Bautista de Las Misiones was established from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Asunción and Diocese of Villarrica
Special churches
Leadership
- Bishops of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones (Roman rite)
- Bishop Mario Melanio Medina Salinas (July 22, 1999 – present)
- Bishop Carlos Milcíades Villalba Aquino (July 25, 1978 – July 22, 1999)
- Bishop Ramón Bogarín Argaña (January 19, 1957 – September 3, 1976)
References
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- Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Asunción
- Misiones Department
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