Baháʼí Faith in Paraguay
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The Baháʼí Faith in Paraguay begins after ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, then head of the religion, mentioned the country in 1916.[1] Paraguayan Maria Casati was the first to join the religion in 1939 when living in Buenos Aires.[2] The first pioneer to settle in Paraguay was Elizabeth Cheney early in 1940[3] and the first Baháʼí Local Spiritual Assembly of Asunción was elected in 1944.[3][4] By 1961 Paraguayan Baháʼís had elected the first National Spiritual Assembly and by 1963 there were 3 local assemblies plus other communities.[5] Recent estimates of Baháʼís mention 5500[6] or 10,600[7] though the state Census does not mention the Baháʼís.[8]