Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción en Paraguay

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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Concepción en Paraguay (Latin: Dioecesis Sanctissimae Conceptionis in Paraguay) is a diocese located in the city of Concepción in the ecclesiastical province of Asunción in Paraguay.^[1][2]

Diocese of Concepción en Paraguay Dioecesis Sanctissimae Conceptionis in Paraguay
Location
Country	Paraguay
Metropolitan	Asunción
Statistics
Area	30,984 km2 (11,963 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(as of 2006) 367,000 362,000 (98.6%)
Information
Rite	Latin Rite
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	sede vacante
Map

History

• On May 1, 1929, the Diocese of Concepción y Chaco was established from the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paraguay and Apostolic Prefecture of Pilcomayo.
• On July 7, 1949, the diocese was renamed as the Diocese of Concepción.

Leadership

No.	Name	Episcopacy
1	Emilio Sosa Gaona[a] (1884–1970)	30 April 1931 – 14 May 1963
2	Aníbal Maricevich (1917–1996)	4 December 1965 – 30 April 1993
3	Juan Bautista Gavilán (b. 1951)	5 March 1994 – 18 December 2001
4	Zacarías Ortiz Rolón (1934–2020)	12 July 2003 – 11 July 2013
5	Miguel Ángel Cabello[3] (b. 1965)	11 July 2013 – 5 December 2024