Diocese of San Pedro, Paraguay

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Pedro, San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú, San Pedro

Benjamín Aceval (←), Concepción (↑), Coronel Oviedo (↘), Caacupé (↓)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2013.11.06 – ...):

Bishop Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp. (63)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Ordinaries

Bishops of San Pedro (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp. (63)
(2013.11.06 – ...)

Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay)
Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay

Nde pópe Ñandejára ajepoi

Born:	1960.08.05 (Ottawa, ON, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1988.09.17
Consecrated Bishop:	2013.12.21

Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay) (2013.11.06 – ...)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (2018.11.09 – ...)

Bishop Adalberto Martínez Flores (72) (later Cardinal)
(2007.02.19 – 2012.03.14)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina
Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay)
President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay
Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Paraguay (Paraguay)

Que todos sean uno

Born:	1951.07.08 (Asunción, Paraguay)
Ordained Priest:	1985.08.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1997.11.08
Created Cardinal:	2022.08.27

Priest of Saint Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands) (1985.08.24 – 1994)

Priest of Asunción (Paraguay) (1994 – 1997.08.14)

Titular Bishop of Tatilti (1997.08.14 – 2000.05.18)

Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción (Paraguay) (1997.08.14 – 2000.05.18)

Bishop of San Lorenzo (Paraguay) (2000.05.18 – 2007.02.19)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (2005 – 2011)

Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay) (2007.02.19 – 2012.03.14)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (2011.11 – 2015.11.03)

Military Ordinary of Paraguay (Paraguay) (2012.03.14 – 2018.06.23)

Bishop of Villarrica (Paraguay) (2018.06.23 – 2022.02.17)

Apostolic Administrator of the Military Ordinariate of Paraguay (Paraguay) (2018.06.23 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (2018.11.09 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Asunción (Paraguay) (2022.02.17 – ...)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Giovanni a Porta Latina (2022.08.27 [2022.12.07] – ...)

Bishop Fernando Armindo Lugo Méndez, S.V.D. (later Mr.)
(1994.03.05 – 2005.01.11)

Born:	1949.05.30 (Paraguay)
Ordained Priest:	1977.08.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.04.17

Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay) (1994.03.05 – 2005.01.11)

Lay state (2008.06.30)

Bishop Oscar Páez Garcete
(1978.06.05 – 1993.07.10)

Born:	1937.09.01 (Paraguay)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.08.19
Died:	2016.03.29 († 78)

Bishop of San Pedro (Paraguay) (1978.06.05 – 1993.07.10)

Bishop of Alto Paraná (Paraguay) (1993.07.10 – 2000.02.05)

President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (1994 – 1999)

Contact Info

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Statistics

Area: 20,002 km²

Population: 410,337 Catholics (80.0% of 512,921 total) (2021)

Statistics: 22 parishes, 27 priests (18 diocesan, 9 religious), 2 deacons, 9 religious (9 brothers), 8 seminarians (2021)

History

1978.06.05: Established as Diocese of San Pedro / Sancti Petri Apostoli (Latin) (from Diocese of Concepción and became suffragan of Asunción)