Diocese of Caacupé

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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.

Bishop
Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Ríos
Latin name
Caacupen(sis)
Erected
2 August 1960 (origins 1967)
Cathedral
Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Miracles (Catedral Basílica Nuestra Señora de los Milagros)
Patron
Our Lady of Miracles
Rank
Suffragan Diocese
Rite
Latin
Province
Asunción (Archdiocese of Asunción)
Catholics
262,724
Chancery
Obispado, Calle Eligio Ayala 1549, Caacupé, Paraguay
Telephone
Tel. e fax [0511]242.276
Email
[email protected]

Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.

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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001000995 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08

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