Diocese of

Benjamín Aceval

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 42,000 km²

Population: 80,800 Catholics (93.8% of 86,100 total) (2014)

Ecclesiastical Province: Asunción

Neighbouring Dioceses: Pilcomayo (↖), Chaco Paraguayo (↑), Concepción (↗), San Pedro (→), Caacupé (↘), Asunción (↓), Formosa (↓)

Statistics: 8 parishes, 1 mission, 12 priests (11 diocesan, 1 religious), 22 lay religious (7 brothers, 15 sisters), 2 seminarians (2014)

1980.06.28: Established as Diocese of Benjamín Aceval / Beniaminacevalen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Concepción and Apostolic Vicariate of Pilcomayo)

Bishop (1998.07.06 – ...):

Bishop Cándido Cárdenas Villalba (74)

Bishops of Benjamín Aceval (Roman Rite)

Bishop Cándido Cárdenas Villalba (74)
(1998.07.06 – ...)

Bishop of Benjamín Aceval (Paraguay)

Bishop of Benjamín Aceval (Paraguay) (1998.07.06 – ...)

Bishop of Benjamín Aceval (Paraguay) (1980.06.28 – 1997.07.08)

Coadjutor Bishop of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay) (1997.07.08 – 1999.07.22)

Bishop of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay) (1999.07.22 – ...)

as of 2016.09.12