Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pedro

Roman Catholic diocese in Paraguay

Diocese of San Pedro

Dioecesis Sancti Petri Apostoli

Location
Country| Paraguay
Metropolitan| Asunción
Statistics
Area| 20,002 km2 (7,723 sq mi)
Population

* Total

* Catholics

* (as of 2004)

* 380,787

* 350,000 (91.9%)

Information
Rite| Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope| Leo XIV
Bishop| Pierre 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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* On 5 June 1978, the Diocese of San Pedro was established from the Diocese of Concepción.[1][2]

## Leadership

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No.  | Name  | Episcopacy

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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

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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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Catholic dioceses in Paraguay

Province of Asunción|

* Metropolitan Archdiocese of Asunción
* Diocese of Benjamín Aceval
* Diocese of Caacupé
* Diocese of Caazapá
* Diocese of Canindeyú
* Diocese of Carapeguá
* Diocese of Ciudad del Este
* Diocese of Concepción en Paraguay
* Diocese of Coronel Oviedo
* Diocese of Encarnación
* Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones
* Diocese of San Lorenzo
* Diocese of San Pedro
* Diocese of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo

Sui iuris jurisdictions|

* Military Bishopric of Paraguay
* Apostolic Vicariate of Chaco Paraguayo
* Apostolic Vicariate of Pilcomayo

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