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It was created as the Diocese of Paraguay by Pope Paul III on July 1, 1547, and was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Pius XI on May 1, 1929, with the suffragan sees of Benjamín Aceval, Caacupé, Carapeguá, Ciudad del Este, Concepción, Coronel Oviedo, Encarnación, San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, San Lorenzo, San ...
Cathedrals of the Roman Catholic Church in Paraguay: [1] Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption in Asunción; Cathedral of St. Rose of Lima in Benjamin Aceval; Catedral Nuestra Senora de los Milagros in Caacupe; Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of Mary in Carapeguá; Cathedral of Saint Blaise in Ciudad del Este
The diocesan system of Catholic church government in Paraguay comprises only a Latin hierarchy, joint in the nation episcopal conference, no Eastern Catholic jurisdiction : one ecclesiastical province, headed by a Metropolitan archbishop. The provinces are in turn subdivided into eleven suffragan dioceses, each headed by a bishop.
The Catholic Church in Paraguay is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. In 2018, there were around 5.7 million Catholics in Paraguay - approximately 88.3% [1] of the total population. The country is divided into twelve dioceses including one archdiocese.
Evangelical and/or Charismatic churches have spread in recent decades mostly in the vast and long-established Mestizo population. The Bruderhof established a base in Paraguay in 1941, fleeing Nazi persecution. They left the country for North America in 1966, but returned and re-established themselves in 2010.
The church maintains the Presbyterian Institute of Paraguay - Brazil. It has several mission efforts in Paraguay, the latest outreach is in the Presbyterian Church in Pedro Juan Caballero, Paraguay. [6] It has congregations in Santa Rita, Concepcion, San Lorenzo, Belén and Asuncion. [2] [7] [8] In late 2013 a new church plant was launched in ...
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption [1] (Spanish: Catedral Metropolitana de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción) (also called simply Asunción Cathedral) It is the main Catholic church in Asunción. [2] It is located in the neighborhood La Catedral, in the historic center of the capital of Paraguay.
Baptist church of Encarnación, Paraguay. The Baptist Evangelical Convention of Paraguay has its origins in a mission of the Evangelical Baptist Convention of Argentina in 1919. [1] It is officially founded in 1956. [2] According to a census published by the association in 2023, it claimed 290 churches and 21,500 members. [3]