Diocese of

Concepción

Paraguay

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 30,084 km²

Population: 445,360 Catholics (98.1% of 454,000 total) (2018)

Statistics: 17 parishes, 5 missions, 46 priests (34 diocesan, 12 religious), 39 lay religious (15 brothers, 24 sisters), 16 seminarians (2018)

Ecclesiastical Province: Asunción

Neighbouring Dioceses: Benjamín Aceval (↙), Chaco Paraguayo (↖), Jardim (↑), Dourados (↗), Naviraí (→), Coronel Oviedo (↘), San Pedro (↓)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

History

1929.05.01: Established as Diocese of Concepción y Chaco (from Diocese of Paraguay and Apostolic Prefecture of Pilcomayo)
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

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Inmaculada Concepción de María, Concepción, Concepción

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.07.11 – ...):

Bishop Miguel Ángel Cabello Almada (55)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Concepción (Roman Rite)

Bishop Miguel Ángel Cabello Almada (55)
(2013.07.11 – ...)

Bishop of Concepción (Paraguay)

Amar en la verdad

Born:	1965.09.04 (Paraguay)
Ordained Priest:	1991.09.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.09.15

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

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

Born:	1934.09.06 (Paraguay)
Ordained Priest:	1965.08.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1988.06.26
Died:	2020.01.06 († 85)

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 Juan Bautista Gavilán Velásquez (69)
(1994.03.05 – 2001.12.18)

Bishop of Coronel Oviedo (Paraguay)

Born:	1951.06.24 (Paraguay)
Ordained Priest:	1977.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.05.08

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)

Born:	1917.12.16 (Paraguay)
Ordained Priest:	1943.11.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1957.05.18
Died:	1996.08.02 († 78)

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)

Born:	1884.09.28 (Paraguay)
Ordained Priest:	1912.01.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1931.05.15
Died:	1970.03.24 († 85)

Bishop of Concepción (Paraguay) (1931.04.30 – 1963.05.14)

Titular Bishop of Sergentza (1963.05.14 – 1970.03.24)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Julio Benigno Laschi González (1955.03.23 – 1963)

as of 2021.02.12

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