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Bishop Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Rios

Bishop of Caacupé

Escudo de armas
Nacimiento
13 dic 1954 Asunción, Capital District, Paraguay
Nacionalidad
Paraguay
Ordenación sacerdotal
12 dic 1982 Avda. Mariscal Francisco Solano Lopez 130, Paraguay
Ordenación episcopal
6 ene 1994 Titular
Nombramiento
29 jun 2017
Consagrante principal
John Paul II
Coconsagrantes
Giovanni Battista Re Giuseppe (Josip) Uhac
Lema
Mi vivir es Cristo

Ricardo Jorge Valenzuela Ríos was born in Asunción on December 13, 1954. He was ordained a priest on December 12, 1982, and incardinated in Asunción. After six years of ministry in the diocese, he obtained a Licentiate in Canon Law from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1990. Appointed Titular Bishop of Case Calane and Auxiliary Bishop of Asunción on November 27, 1993, he was consecrated on January 6, 1994. On May 24, 2003, he was appointed Military Ordinary of Paraguay, and on June 25, 2010, he was transferred to Villarrica del Espíritu Santo. He is currently the Vice President of the Episcopal Conference of Paraguay.