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Diocese of Encarnación
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The Diocese of Encarnación is a Latin rite see in southern Paraguay, erected as a territorial prelature in 1957 and promoted to a diocese in 1990. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Asunción.
- Bishop
- Francisco Javier Pistilli Scorzara
- Latin name
- Sanctissimae Incarnationis
- Established
- 1957
- Cathedral
- Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación
- Patron
- The Most Holy Incarnation
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Asunción (Archdiocese of Asunción)
- Catholics
- 441,000
- Chancery
- Calle Gral. Cabañas 305, Casilla 81, Encarnación, Paraguay
- Telephone
- Tel. e fax [071]20.33.05; fax 20.37.77
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Posadas AR 9 km
- Diocese of Oberá AR 77 km
- Diocese of Caazapá 131 km
- Diocese of Santo Tomé AR 141 km
- Diocese of San Juan Bautista 144 km
- San Juan Bautista de las Misiones 168 km
Parishes near the see
- María Auxiliadora · María Auxiliadora 3 km
- María Reina de la Paz · La Paz 4 km
- Inmaculada Concepción de María · Encarnación 4 km
- Sagrado Corazón de Jesús · Encarnación 4 km
- San Isidro Labrador · Encarnación 4 km
- San Juan del Paraná · Encarnación 4 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001001363 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08