The diocesan system of Christian church government in Uruguay comprises one ecclesiastical province headed by an archbishop. The province is in turn subdivided into 8 dioceses and 1 archdiocese each headed by a bishop or an archbishop.
The province had had 9 suffragan dioceses, but on 2 March 2020, the Diocese of Minas was suppressed by combining it with the Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este to form the Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas.
List of Dioceses
Ecclesiastical province of Montevideo
Diocese | Ordinary | Since | Notes |
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Archdiocese of Montevideo | Daniel Sturla | 11 February 2014 | auxiliary: Luis Eduardo González Cedrés; emeritus: Nicolás Cotugno |
Diocese of Canelones | Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández | 23 February 2010 | emeritus: Orlando Romero Cabrera emeritus: Alberto Francisco María Sanguinetti Montero emeritus: Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone |
Diocese of Florida | Martín Pérez Scremini | 15 March 2008 | |
Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas | Milton Tróccoli | 9 November 1985 | emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este: Rodolfo Wirz; emeritus of Minas: Jaime Rafael Fuentes |
Diocese of Melo | Pablo Alfonso Jourdán Alvariza | 13 June 2009 | emeritus: Luis del Castillo Estrada |
Diocese of Mercedes | Carlos Collazzi | 14 February 1995 | |
Diocese of Salto | Arturo Fajardo | 15 June 2020 | emeritus: Pablo Galimberti |
Diocese of San José de Mayo | Edgardo Fabián Antúnez-Percíncula Kaenel | ||
Diocese of Tacuarembó | Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano | 20 December 1989 |
See also
- Episcopal Conference of Uruguay
- List of Roman Catholic cathedrals in Uruguay
- Roman Catholic Church in Uruguay
External links
- "Roman Catholic Church in Uruguay". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
- GCatholic.org.