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Episcopal Sees (Dioceses) (11)

Military Ordinariates (1)

Apostolic Vicariates (2)

Roman Rite (15): Asunción, Benjamín Aceval, Caacupé, Carapeguá, Chaco Paraguayo, Ciudad del Este, Concepción, Coronel Oviedo, Encarnación, Obispado de las Fuerzas Armadas y la Policia Nacional del Paraguay, Pilcomayo, San Juan Bautista, San Lorenzo, San Pedro, Villarrica

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Cathedrals (15)

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Patron Saints: Nuestra Señora de Caacupé, Saint Blaise of Sebaste

Saints: 1 Saint, 1 Blessed

Catholic Population: 6,956,000 Catholics (94.6% of 7,353,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 425 parishes, 13 mission stations (5 with resident priest, 8 without resident priest), 1,128 other centres

Clergy: 21 bishops (12 diocesan, 9 titular), 912 priests (414 diocesan, 498 religious), 308 permanent deacons (299 diocesan, 9 religious)

Non-Clergy: 1,555 religious (432 brothers, 1,123 sisters), 45 members of secular institutes (1 brother, 44 sisters), 518 major seminarians, 8,586 missionaries, 58,457 catechists

Area: 397,302 km²

Population: 6,943,739

Religions: Roman Catholic 89.6%, Protestant 6.2%, other Christian 1.1%, other or unspecified 1.9%, none 1.1%

Languages: Spanish (official), Guarani (official)

Ethnic Groups: mestizo (mixed Spanish and Amerindian) 95%, other 5%

Motto: Paz y justicia (Spanish) (Peace and justice)