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Paraguay

Oldest and Youngest Bishops


BirthdateAgeNameCurrent Title
Oldest
30 Oct 1935 Bishop Claudio Silvero Acosta, S.C.I. di Béth.Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación
28 Jul 1936 Bishop Ignacio Gogorza Izaguirre, S.C.I. di Béth.Bishop Emeritus of Encarnación
22 Oct 1939 Bishop Mario Melanio Medina SalinasBishop Emeritus of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones
29 Sep 1940 Lorenzo Cardinal BaldisseriSecretary General Emeritus of the Synod of Bishops, Roman Curia
25 Nov 1940 Bishop Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, P. SchönstattBishop Emeritus of Caacupé
3 Oct 1941 Bishop Cándido Cárdenas VillalbaBishop Emeritus of Benjamín Aceval
18 Nov 1941 Bishop Lucio Alfert, O.M.I.Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Pilcomayo
25 Feb 1942 Archbishop Antonio LucibelloApostolic Nuncio
3 Dec 1942 Bishop Francisco Javier Del Valle ParedesBishop Emeritus of Campo Mourão, Parana, Brazil
15 Oct 1944 Archbishop Orlando AntoniniApostolic Nuncio
19 Nov 1944 Archbishop Edmundo Ponziano Valenzuela Mellid, S.D.B.Archbishop Emeritus of Asunción
23 Apr 1947 Bishop Heinz Wilhelm Steckling, O.M.I.Bishop Emeritus of Ciudad del Este
Youngest
7 Oct 1978 Archbishop Vincenzo TurturroApostolic Nuncio to Paraguay
10 Feb 1973 Bishop Amancio Francisco Benítez CandiaBishop of Benjamín Aceval
7 Feb 1972 Bishop Roberto Carlos Zacarías LópezBishop of Canindeyú
18 Jun 1971 Bishop Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala, S.D.B.Vicar Apostolic of Chaco Paraguayo
4 Sep 1965 Bishop Miguel Ángel Cabello AlmadaBishop of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo
26 May 1965 Bishop Francisco Javier Pistilli Scorzara, P. SchönstattBishop of Encarnación
9 Sep 1963 Bishop Pedro Collar NogueraBishop of Ciudad del Este
19 May 1961 Bishop Celestino Ocampo GaonaBishop of Carapeguá
5 Aug 1960 Bishop Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp.Bishop of San Pedro
13 Dec 1954 Bishop Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela RiosBishop of Caacupé
8 Jul 1951 Adalberto Cardinal Martínez FloresArchbishop of Asunción
24 Jun 1951 Bishop Juan Bautista Gavilán VelásquezBishop of Coronel Oviedo

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