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 shareof the people living within its bounds
- 88.0%
- Extent
- 3,946 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 50
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.
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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.