Apostolic vicariate Chaco Paraguayo, Paraguay
Apostolic Vicariate of Chaco Paraguayo
Ciachen(sis) in Paraquaria Natione
Latin Church
Latin-rite apostolic vicariate in the Chaco region of Paraguay, erected 11 March 1948 by Pope Pius XII from the then Diocese of Concepcion y Chaco. Its seat is in Fuerte Olimpo and it covers about 96,300 square kilometers of missionary territory with 10 parishes.
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- Established
- 1948
- Catholics
- 24,500
- Priests
- 12
- Territory
- 96,300 km²
Parishes and churches
7 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Catedral María Auxiliadora de los CristianosFuerte Olimpo · CathedralView parish
- Iglesia Sagrada FamiliaPuerto GuaraníView parish
- Iglesia Sagrado Corazón de JesúsPuerto PinascoView parish
- Iglesia San Pedro ApóstolPuerto la EsperanzaView parish
- Iglesia San Ramón NonatoPuerto CasadoView parish
- Iglesia Santa Teresita del Niño JesúsBahía NegraView parish
- Iglesia Virgen del CarmenCarmelo PeraltaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Vicar Apostolic
- Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala, S.D.B.
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The cathedral
Catedral María Auxiliadora stands in Chaco Paraguayo, 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 Fuerte Olimpo in Paraguay is the seat of the Vicariate Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo, a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or apostolic vicariate of the Catholic Church whose Latin style is Apostolicus Vicariatus Ciachensis in Paraquaria Natione.