Diocese of Tacuarembó

Dioecesis Tacuarembiana

Diócesis de Tacuarembó
Cathedral in Tacuarembó
Location
CountryUruguay
Ecclesiastical provinceMontevideo
Statistics
Area24,808 km2 (9,578 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
196,000
98,500 (50.3%)
Parishes16
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established22 October 1960 (63 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de San Fructuoso
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopPedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano
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The Diocese of Tacuarembó (Latin: Dioecesis Tacuarembiana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Uruguay. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province (covering all Uruguay) of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo.

History

The diocese was created in 1960, from the Diocese of Florida and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montevideo. It covers the Departments of Tacuarembó and Rivera.[1][2] Its see is at the Cathedral of Tacuarembó.

Ordinaries

  • Carlos Parteli Keller † (3 Nov 1960 Appointed – 26 February 1966 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Montevideo)
  • Miguel Balaguer † (26 Feb 1966 Appointed – 28 January 1983 Resigned)
  • Daniel Gil Zorrilla, S.J. (28 Jan 1983 Appointed – 8 March 1989 Appointed, Bishop of Salto)
  • Julio César Bonino † (20 Dec 1989 Appointed – 8 August 2017 Died in office)
  • Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano, (from 19 June 2018)

See also

  1. "Diocese of Tacuarembó". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  2. "Diocese of Tacuarembó". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 18 April 2013.



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