Diocese of Coronel Oviedo
Oviedopolitan(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay
The Diocese of Coronel Oviedo is a Latin rite suffragan see in central Paraguay, established as a territorial prelature in 1961 and elevated to a diocese in 1976. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Asunción, with the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary as its seat.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 10 September 1961
- Latin
- Oviedopolitan(us)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Rosary
- Annuario code
- 001001219
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 412,000
- Population
- 450,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 91.6%
- Priests
- 51
- Catholics per priest
- 8,078
- Extent
- 12,327 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 33
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
- Juan Bautista Gavilán Velásquez
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 Nuestra Señora del Rosario stands in Coronel Oviedo, 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 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
In the city of Coronel Oviedo, within the ecclesiastical province of Asunción in Paraguay, sits the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coronel Oviedo (Latin: Dioecesis Oviedopolitana).
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.