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Oscar Páez Garcete

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Oscar Páez Garcete
Bishop of Alto Paraná
Church Catholic Church
Diocese Diocese of Alto Paraná
In office 10 July 1993 – 5 February 2000
Predecessor Pastor Cuquejo
Successor Ignacio Gogortza
Previous post Bishop of San Pedro (1978-1993)
Orders
Ordination 23 December 1961
Consecration 19 August 1978
by Joseph Mees[1]
Personal details
Born 1 September 1937
Loreto, Concepción Department, Paraguay
Died 29 March 2016 (aged 78)

Oscar Páez Garcete (1 September 1937 – 29 March 2016) was a Roman Catholic bishop.

Ordained to the priesthood in 1961, Páez Garcete was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pedro, Paraguay, in 1978. He was then named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alto Paraná in 1998 and served as bishop until 2000.[2]

References

  1. Back to citation "Bishop Oscar Páez Garcete". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2026-05-21.
  2. Back to citation "Diocese of Ciudad del Este, Paraguay". GCatholic. Retrieved 2026-01-26.