Roman Catholic Diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones


The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Juan Bautista is a southern suffragan Latin Catholic diocese in the Ecclesiastical province of Asunción, which covers all of Paraguay.

History

Its cathedral episcopal see is Catedral San Juan Bautista, dedicated to John the Baptist, in the city of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones in Misiones Department
It also has a Minor Basilica : the Marian Basílica Nuestra Señora del Pilar, dedicated to Our Lady of Pilar, in Pilar, Paraguay, Ñeembucu.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 227,000 Catholics on 21,700 km² in 30 parishes and 139 missions with 35 priests, 2 deacons, 63 lay religious and 5 seminarians.

Bishops

Episcopal ordinaries

;Suffragan Bishops of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones