Diocese of Canindeyú

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.

History

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. In the same decree which erected the diocese, the Pope named Roberto Carlos Zacarías López as the diocese's first bishop. Zacarías was consecrated bishop by Cardinal Adalberto Martínez of Asunción, Bishop of Ciudad del Este, and Bishop auxiliary for Ciudad del Este.