Archdiocese of Asunción Archidioecesis Sanctissimae Assumptionis Arquidiócesis de la Santísima Asunción | |
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Location | |
Country | Paraguay |
Territory | Asunción |
Ecclesiastical province | Asunción |
Statistics | |
Area | 997 sq mi (2,580 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2015) 1,839,000 1,664,000 (90.5%) |
Parishes | 76 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1 July 1547 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption |
Secular priests | 81 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Adalberto Martínez Flores |
Bishops emeritus | Edmundo Valenzuela, SDB |
Map | |
Website | |
www.arzobispado.org.py |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of the Blessed Assumption ( Latin: Archidioecesis Sanctissimae Assumptionis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Paraguay. [1] [2]
It was created as the Diocese of Paraguay by Pope Paul III on July 1, 1547, and was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Pius XI on May 1, 1929, with the suffragan sees of Benjamín Aceval, Caacupé, Carapeguá, Ciudad del Este, Concepción, Coronel Oviedo, Encarnación, San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, San Lorenzo, San Pedro, and Villarrica del Espíritu Santo.
The archdiocese's mother church and thus seat of its archbishop is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption. As the only metropolitan in Paraguay, it is the principal episcopal see of that country. As of 2012 [update] the Archbishop of Asunción was Eustaquio Cuquejo Verga, CSSR, having been appointed by Pope John Paul II on June 15, 2002. On Tuesday, November 8, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI, appointed Bishop Edmundo Valenzuela, S.D.B., as Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese. Until then he had served as Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Chaco Paraguayo, with the ecclesiastical rank of Bishop (Vicariates Apostolic are a type of jurisdiction that rank below a diocese). He was born in Villarrica of Espiritu Santo, Paraguay, on November 19, 1944. He was ordained to the priesthood on April 3, 1971, as a member of the Salesians of Don Bosco. He received a licentiate in theology from the Salesian University in Rome. At one time, he was a missionary in Angola (1991–2006). On February 13, 2006, he was named Titular Bishop of Uzal and appointed Vicar Apostolic of Chaco, Paraguay, receiving episcopal ordination on April 22, 2006. As part of the Episcopal Conference of Paraguay, he serves as Chairman of the Commission for Catholic Education. The archdiocese has 1.58 million Catholics (90.6%) in 2012.
Archbishop Valenzuela succeeded to the see on November 6, 2014.
Erected: 1 July 1547
Latin Name: de Paraguay
Elevated: 1 May 1929
Latin Name: Sanctissimae Assumptionis
Archdiocese of Asunción Archidioecesis Sanctissimae Assumptionis Arquidiócesis de la Santísima Asunción | |
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Location | |
Country | Paraguay |
Territory | Asunción |
Ecclesiastical province | Asunción |
Statistics | |
Area | 997 sq mi (2,580 km2) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2015) 1,839,000 1,664,000 (90.5%) |
Parishes | 76 |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1 July 1547 |
Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption |
Secular priests | 81 |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Adalberto Martínez Flores |
Bishops emeritus | Edmundo Valenzuela, SDB |
Map | |
Website | |
www.arzobispado.org.py |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of the Blessed Assumption ( Latin: Archidioecesis Sanctissimae Assumptionis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Paraguay. [1] [2]
It was created as the Diocese of Paraguay by Pope Paul III on July 1, 1547, and was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese by Pope Pius XI on May 1, 1929, with the suffragan sees of Benjamín Aceval, Caacupé, Carapeguá, Ciudad del Este, Concepción, Coronel Oviedo, Encarnación, San Juan Bautista de las Misiones, San Lorenzo, San Pedro, and Villarrica del Espíritu Santo.
The archdiocese's mother church and thus seat of its archbishop is the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption. As the only metropolitan in Paraguay, it is the principal episcopal see of that country. As of 2012 [update] the Archbishop of Asunción was Eustaquio Cuquejo Verga, CSSR, having been appointed by Pope John Paul II on June 15, 2002. On Tuesday, November 8, 2011, Pope Benedict XVI, appointed Bishop Edmundo Valenzuela, S.D.B., as Coadjutor Archbishop of the Archdiocese. Until then he had served as Vicar Apostolic of the Apostolic Vicariate of Chaco Paraguayo, with the ecclesiastical rank of Bishop (Vicariates Apostolic are a type of jurisdiction that rank below a diocese). He was born in Villarrica of Espiritu Santo, Paraguay, on November 19, 1944. He was ordained to the priesthood on April 3, 1971, as a member of the Salesians of Don Bosco. He received a licentiate in theology from the Salesian University in Rome. At one time, he was a missionary in Angola (1991–2006). On February 13, 2006, he was named Titular Bishop of Uzal and appointed Vicar Apostolic of Chaco, Paraguay, receiving episcopal ordination on April 22, 2006. As part of the Episcopal Conference of Paraguay, he serves as Chairman of the Commission for Catholic Education. The archdiocese has 1.58 million Catholics (90.6%) in 2012.
Archbishop Valenzuela succeeded to the see on November 6, 2014.
Erected: 1 July 1547
Latin Name: de Paraguay
Elevated: 1 May 1929
Latin Name: Sanctissimae Assumptionis