Diocese of Canelones

Dioecesis Canalopolitana

Diócesis de Canelones
Location
Country Uruguay
Ecclesiastical provinceMontevideo
Statistics
Area4,532 km2 (1,750 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		(as of 2006)
450,000
337,000 (74.9%)
Parishes33
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established25 November 1961 (62 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopHeriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández
Bishops emeritusOrlando Romero Cabrera
Alberto Francisco María Sanguinetti Montero
Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone
Map
Website
www.diocesisdecanelones.com

The Diocese of Canelones (Latin: Dioecesis Canalopolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic church in Uruguay. The diocese was erected in 1961, and is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo. Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of Canelones.

The current and fourth bishop of Canelones is Bishop Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández, who was appointed by Pope Francis, on 19 March 2021. Bishop Fernández is assisted by the auxiliary bishop of Canelones, Auxiliary Bishop Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone, Titular Bishop of Benepota. The bishops emeritus are Orlando Romero Cabrera and Alberto Francisco María Sanguinetti Montero; the first bishop, Bishop Emeritus Nuti, died on November 2, 1999, having served from 1962 to 1994.[1]

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • Orestes Santiago Nuti Sanguinetti, S.D.B. † (2 Jan 1962 – 25 Oct 1994 Retired)
  • Orlando Romero Cabrera (25 Oct 1994 – 23 Feb 2010 Retired)
  • Alberto Francisco María Sanguinetti Montero (23 Feb 2010 – 19 Mar 2021 Retired)
  • Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández (19 Mar 2021 – present)

Auxiliary bishop

  • Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone (2002-)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Diocese of Canelones". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
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