The Roman Catholic Diocese of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo is a Latin Rite suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Asunción, which cover all and only Paraguay. Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral Santa Clara, dedicated to Saint Clara, in the city of Villarrica, Guairá Department.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 342,000 Catholics (99.7% of 343,000 total) on 13,342 km² in 35 parishes, 43 priests (39 diocesan, 4 religious), 65 deacons, 89 lay religious (13 brothers, 76 sisters), 27 seminarians.

History

Bishops

(all Roman Rite and natives)

Episcopal Ordinaries

Auxiliary bishops

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Sources and external links