Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Canindeyú | |
Country: | Paraguay |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Cathedral: | Iglesia Catedral Sagrado Corazón De Jesús |
Area Km2: | 14,667 |
Population: | 239,386 |
Population As Of: | 2024 |
Catholics: | 211,138 |
Catholics Percent: | 88.1 |
Bishop: | Roberto Carlos Zacarías López |
Map: | File:Canindeyu in Paraguay.svg |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Canindeyú is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in the city of Katueté, in the Ecclesiastical Province of Asunción in Paraguay.
The diocese was created by Pope Francis on February 10, 2024, from territory of the Diocese of Ciudad del Este. The new diocese covers the entire civil Canindeyú Department.[1] In the same decree which erected the diocese, the Pope named Roberto Carlos Zacarías López as the diocese's first bishop.[2] [3] Zacarías López will be consecrated bishop by Cardinal Adalberto Martínez Flores of Asunción, Bishop of Ciudad del Este, and Bishop auxiliary for Ciudad del Este.