Diocese of Concepción, Paraguay

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Concepción (español) / Santísima Concepción (español) / Santissima Concezione (Italiano) / Sanctissimæ Conceptionis in Paraguay (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Asunción

Bishop (2013.07.11 – ...):

Bishop Miguel Ángel Cabello Almada (57)

Bishops of Concepción (Roman Rite)

Bishop Miguel Ángel Cabello Almada (57)
(2013.07.11 – ...)

Bishop of Concepción (Paraguay)

Bishop of Concepción (Paraguay) (2013.07.11 – ...)

Bishop Zacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B.
(2003.07.12 – 2013.07.11)

Titular Bishop of Minori (1988.03.12 – 2003.07.12)

Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo (Paraguay) (1988.03.12 – 2003.07.12)

Bishop of Concepción (Paraguay) (2003.07.12 – 2013.07.11)

Bishop of Concepción (Paraguay) (1994.03.05 – 2001.12.18)

Bishop of Coronel Oviedo (Paraguay) (2001.12.18 – ...)

Bishop Aníbal Maricevich Fleitas
(1965.12.04 – 1994)

Titular Bishop of Diocletianopolis in Palæstina (1957.02.05 – 1965.12.04)

Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción (Paraguay) (1957.02.05 – 1965.12.04)

Bishop of Concepción (Paraguay) (1965.12.04 – 1994)

Bishop Emilio Sosa Gaona, S.D.B.
(1931.04.30 – 1963.05.14)

Bishop of Concepción (Paraguay) (1931.04.30 – 1963.05.14)

Titular Bishop of Sergentza (1963.05.14 – 1970.03.24)

Area: 30,084 km²

Population: 457,570 Catholics (98.0% of 466,900 total) (2020)

Statistics: 19 parishes, 5 missions, 45 priests (33 diocesan, 12 religious), 47 lay religious (17 brothers, 30 sisters), 13 seminarians (2020)

1929.05.01: Established as Diocese of Concepción y Chaco (from Diocese of Paraguay and Apostolic Prefecture of Pilcomayo and became suffragan of Asunción)
1948.03.11: Lost territory to establish Apostolic Vicariate of Chaco Paraguayo
1949.07.16: Renamed as Diocese of Concepción (español) / Santísima Concepción (español) / Santissima Concezione (Italiano) / Sanctissimæ Conceptionis in Paraguay (Latin)
1957.01.21: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Encarnación y Alto Paraná
1960.08.02: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Caacupé
1961.09.10: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Coronel Oviedo
1978.06.05: Lost territory to establish Diocese of San Pedro
1980.06.28: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Benjamín Aceval