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Suffragan diocese Caacupé, Paraguay

Diocese of Caacupé

Caacupen(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Caacupé is a Latin Church diocese in Paraguay, originating as a territorial prelature in 1960 and promoted to a diocese in 1967, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Asunción. Its see is the national shrine and minor basilica of Our Lady of Miracles, and it is led by Bishop Ricardo Valenzuela Ríos.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Miracles, in Caacupé, Paraguay.

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Established
1967
Catholics
262,724
Priests
31
Territory
4,948 km²

Parishes and churches

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

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Ríos
Born
13 December 1954
Birthplace
Asunción

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The cathedral

Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Miracles stands in Caacupé, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.

History

A Latin Rite suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Asunción, which covers all and only Paraguay, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Caacupé (Latin: Dioecesis Caacupensis) has for its cathedral episcopal see a Minor Basilica and National Shrine, the Catedral Basílica Nuestra Señora de los Milagros, dedicated to Our Lady of Miracles, in the city of Caacupé in Cordillera Department.