Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad del Este

Diocese of Ciudad del Este
Dioecesis Urbis Orientalis
Location
Country Paraguay
Metropolitan Asunción
Statistics
Area 27,451 km2 (10,599 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
600,100
590,000 (98.3%)
Information
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Cathedral Catedral San Blas
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Heinz Wilhelm (Guillermo) Steckling, O.M.I.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad del Este (Latin: Dioecesis Urbis Orientalis) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church based in the city of Ciudad del Este, in the Ecclesiastical Province of Asunción in Paraguay.

History

The diocese became noted in 2014 due to the ouster of its bishop, Rogelio Ricardo Livieres Plano, by Pope Francis for his alleged promotion of a priest of the diocese who had been accused of the sexual abuse of a minor while serving in the United States.[1] Livieres was then barred from presiding at public celebrations of the Mass. Since then, accusations of major financial mismanagement of the finances of the diocese by Livieres have also surfaced, with the diocese reportedly close to a million United States dollars in debt.[2]

Leadership

References


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