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Military Bishopric of Paraguay Obispado de las Fuerzas Armadas y la Policia Nacional del Paraguay | |
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Location | |
Country | Paraguay |
Information | |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Latin Rite |
Established | 20 December 1961 (58 years ago) |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | vacant |
The Military Bishopric of Paraguay (Spanish : Obispado de las Fuerzas Armadas y la Policia Nacional del Paraguay) is a military ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church. Immediately subject to the Holy See, it provides pastoral care to Roman Catholics serving in the Paraguayan Armed Forces and their families.
It was established as a military vicariate on 20 December 1961, but the first military vicar was not appointed until 7 December 1965. It was elevated to a military ordinariate on 21 July 1986.
The Military Ordinariate of the Philippines or MOP is the military ordinariate of the Philippines for the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, and the Philippine Coast Guard. It has jurisdiction over all military, police and coast guard personnel, their dependents, and the civilian employees of all branches of the armed forces. Its titular patron is the Immaculate Conception, with SS. Ignatius of Loyola and John of Capistrano as secondary patrons. The Philippine military ordinary is the Most Rev. Oscar Jaime L. Florencio, a former auxiliary bishop of Cebu.
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The Military Bishopric of Bolivia is a military ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church. Immediately subject to the Holy See, it provides pastoral care to Roman Catholics serving in the Bolivian Armed Forces and their families.
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The Military Bishopric of the Dominican Republic is a military ordinariate (quasi-diocese) of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Military Bishopric of Ecuador is a modern Army bishopric with the canonical pseudo-diocesan status of military ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Military Bishopric in El Salvador is a modern Army bishopric with the canonical pseudo-diocesan status of military ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church.
The Military Bishopric of Peru is a military ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church. Immediately subject to the Holy See, it provides pastoral care to Roman Catholics serving in the Peruvian Armed Forces and their families.
The Military Archbishopric of Spain is a military ordinariate of the Roman Catholic Church. Immediately subject to the Holy See, it provides pastoral care to Roman Catholics serving in the Spanish Armed Forces and their families.
Sebelio Peralta Álvarez was a Roman Catholic bishop.
Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano was an Argentine prelate of the Catholic Church who was Bishop of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, from 2004 to 2014.
The Cathedral of St. Claire, also called Villarrica Cathedral, located in Villarrica in southern Paraguay, is the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Villarrica del Espíritu Santo Dedicated to St. Clare of Assisi, it is under the pastoral responsibility of the Bishop Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Rios.
Army (arch)bishopric, -diocese and similar terms in other languages denote the pseudo-(arch)diocesan corps of Catholic military chaplains serving a nation's armed forces, whether that has the canonical status of Military ordinariate (presently), Military vicariate (before) or even older. Sometimes other (paramilitary) police/ security forces are included.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Villarrica may refer to: