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Suffragan diocese Benjamín Aceval, Paraguay

Diocese of Benjamín Aceval

Beniaminacevalen(sis)

Latin-rite diocese in the Presidente Hayes Department of Paraguay, erected 28 June 1980 from the Diocese of Concepcion and the Apostolic Vicariate of Pilcomayo, with its see in Benjamin Aceval. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Asuncion and covers some 44,000 square kilometers of the lower Chaco.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Santa Rosa da Lima, in Benjamín Aceval, Paraguay.

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Established
1980
Catholics
77,950
Priests
8
Territory
44,000 km²

Parishes and churches

13 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Amancio Benitez

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The cathedral

Santa Rosa da Lima stands in Benjamín Aceval, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

Based in the city of Benjamín Aceval, within the ecclesiastical province of Asunción in Paraguay, is the Roman Catholic Diocese of Benjamín Aceval (Latin: Dioecesis Beniaminacevalensis).