Suffragan diocese Carapeguá, Paraguay
Diocese of Carapeguá
Carapeguan(us)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Carapeguá is a Latin Church diocese in Paraguay, suffragan to the Archdiocese of Asunción and led by Bishop Celestino Ocampo Gaona since 2018. Sources differ on its erection date, with the English Wikipedia infobox citing 29 March 1967 while some Spanish sources cite 5 June 1978.
On the map
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- Established
- 1967
- Catholics
- 206,000
- Priests
- 19
- Territory
- 8,705 km²
Parishes and churches
17 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Inmaculada Concepción de MaríaCarapeguá · CathedralView parish
- Natividad de la Virgen MaríaQuyquyhóView parish
- Nuestra Señora de los DoloresMbuyapeyView parish
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsSapucaíView parish
- San BuenaventuraYaguarónView parish
- San Francisco JavierTebicuarymíView parish
- San Francisco JavierLa ColmenaView parish
- San JoséYbycuíView parish
- San LorenzoQuiindyView parish
- San Luis GonzagaCaballeroView parish
- Santa Teresita del Niño JesúsEscobarView parish
- Santo Tomás ApóstolParaguaríView parish
- Virgen del RosarioAcahayView parish
- Virgen del RosarioCaapucúView parish
- Virgen del RosarioPirayúView parish
- Virgen del RosarioYbytimiView parish
- Virgen del Rosario de TavapySan Roque González de Santa CruzView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Celestino Ocampo Gaona
- Born
- 19 May 1961
- Birthplace
- Curuzú Cuatiá
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The cathedral
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary stands in Carapeguá, 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
The city of Carapeguá, within the ecclesiastical province of Asunción in Paraguay, is home to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Carapeguá (Latin: Dioecesis Carapeguana).