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Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pedro

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Diocese of San Pedro

Dioecesis Sancti Petri Apostoli
Location
CountryParaguay
MetropolitanAsunción
Statistics
Area20,002 km2 (7,723 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2004)
  • 380,787
  • 350,000 (91.9%)
Information
RiteLatin Rite
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopPierre Jubinville
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pedro (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Petri Apostoli) is a diocese located in the city of San Pedro in the ecclesiastical province of Asunción in Paraguay.

History

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Leadership

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No. Name Episcopacy
1 Oscar Páez

(1937–2016)

5 June 1978

–

10 July 1993

2 Fernando Lugo

(b. 1951)

5 March 1994

–

11 January 2005[a]

3 Adalberto Martínez

(b. 1951)

19 February 2007

–

14 March 2012

4 Pierre Jubinville

(b. 1960)

6 November 2013

–

Incumbent

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ Bishop Lugo requested laicization in 2005 to allow him to run for President of Paraguay. The Church at first refused, going so far as to suspend him as bishop when he ran for office anyway, but eventually granted lay status after he was elected.[3]


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