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Diocese of San Juan Bautista
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The Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones is a Latin rite suffragan see in southern Paraguay, erected in 1957 and covering the departments of Misiones and Ñeembucú. Its current ordinary, Ósmar Pedro López Benítez, was appointed in 2025.
- Bishop
- Osmar López Benítez
- Latin name
- Sancti Ioannis Baptistae a Missionibus
- Erected
- 19 January 1957
- Cathedral
- Catedral San Juan Bautista
- Patron
- Saint John the Baptist
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Asunción (Archdiocese of Asunción)
- Catholics
- 227,000
- Chancery
- Av. Monseñor Gabino Rojas 807 y Primer Intendente, San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, Paraguay
- Telephone
- Tel. e fax [07]212.231
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Caazapá 94 km
- Diocese of Carapeguá 101 km
- Diocese of Villarrica 121 km
- Diocese of Caacupé 143 km
- Diocese of Encarnación 144 km
- Diocese of Posadas AR 146 km
Parishes near the see
- Nuestra Señora de la Asunción · San Juan Bautista 1 km
- San Miguel Arcángel · San Miguel 1 km
- Inmaculada Concepción · Guazú Kua 2 km
- Santa María de Fe · Santa María 24 km
- San Ignacio de Loyola · San Ignacio 27 km
- Inmaculada Concepción · Villa Florida 29 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002913 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08