Diocese of Coronel Oviedo, Paraguay 🇵🇾

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Coronel Oviedo / Oviedopolitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Asunción

Neighbouring Dioceses: Carapeguá (↙), Caacupé (←), San Pedro (↖), Naviraí (↗), Canindeyú (↗), Ciudad del Este (→), Caazapá (↘), Villarrica (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

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History

1961.09.10: Established as Territorial Prelature of Coronel Oviedo / Oviedopolitan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Concepción and became suffragan of Asunción)
1976.03.06: Promoted as Diocese of Coronel Oviedo / Oviedopolitan(us) (Latin)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2001.12.18 – ...):

Bishop Juan Bautista Gavilán Velázquez (74)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Coronel Oviedo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Juan Bautista Gavilán Velázquez (74)
(2001.12.18 – ...)

Bishop of Coronel Oviedo (Paraguay)

En tu palabra

Born:	1951.06.24 (Eusebio Ayala, Paraguay)
Ordained Priest:	1977.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1994.05.08

Priest of Caacupé (Paraguay) (1977.12.18 – 1994.03.05)

Bishop of Concepción (Paraguay) (1994.03.05 – 2001.12.18)

Bishop of Coronel Oviedo (Paraguay) (2001.12.18 – ...)

Bishop Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. di Béth. (89)
(1998.03.26 – 2001.02.03)

Bishop emeritus of Encarnación (Paraguay)

Born:	1936.07.28 (Azcoitia, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1961.06.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.06.07

Bishop of Coronel Oviedo (Paraguay) (1998.03.26 – 2001.02.03)

Bishop of Ciudad del Este (Paraguay) (2001.02.03 – 2004.07.12)

Bishop of Encarnación (Paraguay) (2004.07.12 – 2014.11.15)

President of Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (2005.11 – 2008)

Bishop Claudio Silvero Acosta, S.C.I. (90)
(1976.03.15 – 1998.03.26)

Titular Bishop of Curubis
Auxiliary Bishop emeritus of Encarnación (Paraguay)

Born:	1935.10.30 (Iturbe, Paraguay)
Ordained Priest:	1962.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1976.05.01

Bishop of Coronel Oviedo (Paraguay) (1976.03.15 – 1998.03.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Encarnación (Paraguay) (1998.03.26 – 2014.11.15)

Titular Bishop of Curubis (1998.03.26 – ...)

Prelates of Coronel Oviedo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jerome Arthur Pechillo, T.O.R.
(1961.09.10 – 1976.03.06)

Sub tutela Mariæ

Born:	1919.05.16 (Brooklyn, NY, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1947.06.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1966.01.25
Died:	1991.01.01 († 71)

Bishop-Prelate of Coronel Oviedo (Paraguay) (1961.09.10 – 1976.03.06)

Titular Bishop of Nova Sparsa (1965.10.20 – 1976.03.06)

Auxiliary Bishop of Newark (USA) (1976.03.06 – 1991.01.01)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Coronel Oviedo, Caaguazú
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (22)

Carapeguá (↙), Caacupé (←), San Pedro (↖), Naviraí (↗), Canindeyú (↗), Ciudad del Este (→), Caazapá (↘), Villarrica (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 11,474 km²

Population: 529,115 Catholics (93.8% of 563,904 total)

Pastoral Centres: 26 parishes

Personnel: 51 priests (36 diocesan, 15 religious), 42 deacons, 76 religious (31 brothers, 45 sisters), 26 seminarians