Diocese of Canindeyú
Canindeyuen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Canindeyú, Paraguay
The Diocese of Canindeyú is a Latin Church diocese in Paraguay, established by Pope Francis on 10 February 2024 from the Diocese of Ciudad del Este, with its see in Katueté. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Asunción and led by its first bishop, Roberto Carlos Zacarías López.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 February 2024
- Latin
- Canindeyuen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001005122
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 211,138
- Population
- 239,386
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 88.2%
- Priests
- 18
- Catholics per priest
- 11,730
- Extent
- 14,667 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 14
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
- Roberto Carlos Zacarías López
- Born
- 7 February 1972
- Birthplace
- Caazapá
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
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Katueté stands in Canindeyú, 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 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
- Diocese of VillarricaVillarrica
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
Based in the city of Katueté, within the Ecclesiastical Province of Asunción in Paraguay, is the Roman Catholic Diocese of Canindeyú.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.