On one occasion of celebration for the Catholic Church in Paraguay, Pope Francis appointed as the new bishop of the diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones to Fr. Ósmar López Benítez, who until now served as pastor of the Immaculate Conception of Mary Immaculate Cathedral, in Carapeguá, about 80 kilometers south of Asunción.
The diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones was in vacant Since the end of 2023, when Pope Francis appointed his until then Bishop, Mons. Pedro Collar Noguera, as the new Bishop of Ciudad del Este, also in Paraguay.
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Who is Mons. Usmar López Benítez?
Mons. López Benítez was born on June 14, 1975 in Maciel, department of Caazapá, to southern Paraguay. In 1991 he began his formation at the Minor Seminar of the Congregation of the Sacred Heart of Jesus of Bétharram. Three years later he continued his studies at the National Major Seminar.
He was ordained a priest on December 22, 2001, incardinated to the Diocese of Carapeguá. He has obtained a master’s degree in psychological-spiritual accompaniment at the Alberto Hurtado University of Santiago de Chile, in addition to a diploma in the biblical animation of pastoral at the Catholic University Our Lady of the Assumption.
has been shoes vicarious parish, parish administrator and parish priest of the Cathedral of Carapeguá, as a parish priest of Santo Tomás Apostle in Paraguarí. It is also executed as a diocesan administrator of Carapeguá and Pastoral.
David Ramos
Graduate in Communication Sciences by the Private University of the North in Trujillo, Peru. With more than 12 years of experience in Catholic journalism working in ACI Press, I am based in Mexico since 2018. I have covered the trips of Pope Francis to Ecuador, Paraguay, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Peru and Panama.