Diocese of San Juan Bautista, Paraguay

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: San Juan Bautista (español) / San Juan Bautista de Las Misiones (español) / Sancti Ioannis Baptistæ a Missionibus (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Asunción

Bishop (2017.02.16 – ...):

Bishop Pedro Collar Noguera (59)

Bishops of San Juan Bautista (Roman Rite)

Bishop Pedro Collar Noguera (59)
(2017.02.16 – ...)

Bishop of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay)

Born:	1963.09.09 (Juan León Mallorquín, Paraguay)
Ordained Priest:	1992.06.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2016.05.28

Titular Bishop of Thamugadi (2016.04.23 – 2017.02.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay) (2016.04.23 – 2017.02.16)

Bishop of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay) (2017.02.16 – ...)

Bishop Mario Melanio Medina Salinas (83)
(1999.07.22 – 2017.02.16)

Bishop emeritus of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay)

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 – 2017.02.16)

Bishop Carlos Milcíades Villalba Aquino
(1978.07.25 – 1999.07.22)

Bishop of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay) (1978.07.25 – 1999.07.22)

Bishop Ramón Pastor Bogarín Argaña
(1957.01.19 – 1976.09.03)

Titular Bishop of Bagis (1954.12.01 – 1957.01.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción (Paraguay) (1954.12.01 – 1957.01.19)

Bishop of San Juan Bautista (Paraguay) (1957.01.19 – 1976.09.03)

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Mario Melanio Medina Salinas (83) (1997.07.08 – 1999.07.22)

Area: 21,703 km²

Population: 212,070 Catholics (97.5% of 217,420 total) (2020)

Statistics: 31 parishes, 32 priests (17 diocesan, 15 religious), 2 deacons, 55 lay religious (18 brothers, 37 sisters), 3 seminarians (2020)

1957.01.19: Established as Diocese of San Juan Bautista (español) / San Juan Bautista de Las Misiones (español) / Sancti Ioannis Baptistæ a Missionibus (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Asunción and Diocese of Villarrica and became suffragan of Asunción)