Diocese of Villarrica
Villaricen(sis) Spiritus Sancti
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Villarrica, Paraguay
The Diocese of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo is a Latin rite suffragan see in central Paraguay, erected in 1929. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Asunción, with the Cathedral of Saint Clare as its seat. Its current ordinary, Miguel Ángel Cabello Almada, was appointed in 2024.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1929
- Latin
- Villaricen(sis) Spiritus Sancti
- Patron
- Saint Clare
- Annuario code
- 001000110
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 198,360
- Population
- 225,410
- Catholic share
- 88.0%
- Extent
- 3,946 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 50
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Miguel Ángel Cabello Almada
- Born
- 4 September 1965
- Birthplace
- Piribebuy
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Santa Clara stands in Villarrica, 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.
The province of Asunción
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Asunción.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of AsunciónAsunción
- Diocese of CaacupéCaacupé
- Diocese of CaazapáCaazapá
- Diocese of CanindeyúCanindeyú
- Diocese of CarapeguáCarapeguá
- Diocese of Coronel OviedoCoronel Oviedo
- Diocese of EncarnaciónEncarnación
- Diocese of San Juan BautistaSan Juan Bautista
- Diocese of San LorenzoSan Lorenzo
- Diocese of San PedroSan Pedro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia · GCatholic
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].