Suffragan diocese Concepción, Paraguay
Diocese of Concepción
Sanctissimae Conceptionis in Paraguay
Latin Church
Latin-rite diocese in northern Paraguay, erected 1 May 1929 as the Diocese of Concepcion y Chaco from the Diocese of Paraguay and the Apostolic Prefecture of Pilcomayo, and renamed Diocese of Concepcion on 7 July 1949. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Asuncion with its see in the city of Concepcion. Bishop Cristino Ramos Gonzalez was appointed 8 May 2026.
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- Established
- 1929
- Catholics
- 362,000
- Priests
- 49
- Territory
- 30,984 km²
Parishes and churches
2 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Catedral Inmaculada Concepción de MaríaConcepción · CathedralView parish
- Santuario Nuestra Señora del Perpetuo SocorroPedro Juan CaballeroView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Cristino Ramos Gonzalez
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The cathedral
Catedral Inmaculada Concepción de María, Concepción stands in Concepción, 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 Concepción, within the ecclesiastical province of Asunción in Paraguay, holds the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción en Paraguay (Latin: Dioecesis Sanctissimae Conceptionis in Paraguay).