Suffragan diocese Encarnación, Paraguay
Diocese of Encarnación
Sanctissimae Incarnationis
Latin Church
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.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1957
- Catholics
- 441,000
- Priests
- 54
- Territory
- 16,525 km²
Parishes and churches
34 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Nuestra Señora de la Santísima EncarnaciónEncarnación · CathedralView parish
- Espíritu SantoEncarnaciónView parish
- Espíritu SantoHohenauView parish
- Inmaculada Concepción de MaríaEncarnaciónView parish
- Inmaculado Corazón de MaríaMayor OtañoView parish
- Los 26 Mártires del JapónPirapóView parish
- María AuxiliadoraMaría AuxiliadoraView parish
- María Reina de la PazLa PazView parish
- Niño JesúsJesús de TavarangueView parish
- Nuestra Señora de la AsunciónObligadoView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenCarmen del ParanáView parish
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsAlto VeráView parish
- Sagrado Corazón de JesúsEncarnaciónView parish
- San Antonio de PaduaCapitán MezaView parish
- San CayetanoSan Rafael del ParanáView parish
- San Isidro LabradorEncarnaciónView parish
- San José ObreroNaranjitoView parish
- San José ObreroCapitán MirandaView parish
- San José ObreroEdeliraView parish
- San Juan BautistaItapúa PotyView parish
- San Juan BautistaTrinidadView parish
- San Juan del ParanáEncarnaciónView parish
- San Luis GonzagaGeneral DelgadoView parish
- San Martín de ToursTirolView parish
- San Miguel ArcángelEncarnaciónView parish
- San Pedro ApóstolEncarnaciónView parish
- San Pedro del ParanáSan Pedro del ParanáView parish
- San Roque González de Santa CruzEncarnaciónView parish
- Santa CruzCoronel BogadoView parish
- Santos Cosme y DamiánSantos Cosme y DamiánView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Francisco Javier Pistilli Scorzara
- Born
- 26 May 1965
- Birthplace
- Asunción
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The cathedral
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de la Encarnación stands in Encarnación, 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 Encarnación, in the ecclesiastical province of Asunción in Paraguay, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Encarnación (Latin: Dioecesis Sanctissimae Incarnationis).