List of Catholic dioceses in Uruguay

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
Archdiocese of Montevideo Daniel Sturla 11 February 2014 auxiliary: Luis Eduardo González Cedrés;

auxiliary: Pablo Alfonso Jourdán Alvariza;
emeritus: Nicolás Cotugno

Diocese of Canelones Alberto Sanguinetti 23 February 2010 auxiliary: Leopoldo Garin;
emeritus: Orlando Romero Cabrera
Diocese of Florida Martín Pérez Scremini 15 March 2008 emeritus: Raúl Horacio Scarrone Carrero
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 Heriberto Bodeant 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 vacant
Diocese of Tacuarembó Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano 20 December 1989

See also

  • "Roman Catholic Church in Uruguay". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
  • GCatholic.org.
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