Roman Catholic Diocese of Encarnación
The Diocese of Encarnación (Latin: Dioecesis Sanctissimae Incarnationis, Spanish: diócesis or Obispado de Encarnación ) is a location in Paraguay Roman Catholic diocese based in Encarnación.
History
The Diocese of Encarnación was posted on January 21, 1957 by Pope Pius XII. out of territory of the Diocese of Concepción (Paraguay ) and the Diocese of Villarrica built as Territorialprälatur Encarnación y Alto Paraná. The Territorialprälatur was the Archdiocese of Asunción assumed as suffragan. On March 25, 1968, the Territorialprälatur Encarnación y Alto Paraná was divided into the Territorialprälaturen Encarnación and Alto Paraná.
The Territorialprälatur Encarnación was raised on 19 April 1990 on the diocese.
Ordinaries
Prelates of Encarnación y Alto Paraná
- John Meadows SVD, 1957-1968
Prelates of Encarnación
- Juan Bockwinckel SVD, 1968-1987
- Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks, 1987-1990
Bishops of Encarnación
- Jorge Adolfo Carlos Livieres Banks, 1987-2003
- Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre SCI. di Beth., since 2004