Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montevideo

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montevideo (Latin: Archidioecesis Montisvidei) is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic church in Uruguay.

Archdiocese of Montevideo

Archidioecesis Montisvidei

Arquidiócesis de Montevideo
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, St. Philip and St. James
Location
CountryUruguay
Ecclesiastical provinceMontevideo
Statistics
Area540 km2 (210 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
1,350,000
850,000 (63%)
Parishes77
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established14 August 1832 (192 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de la Inmaculada Concepción y San Felipe y Santiago
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopDaniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B.
Auxiliary BishopsLuis Eduardo González Cedrés
Bishops emeritusNicolás Cotugno Fanizzi, S.D.B.
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Website
www.arquidiocesis.net

History

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Erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Montevideo by Pope Gregory XVI on 14 August 1832, the vicariate was promoted to the Diocese of Montevideo on 13 July 1878 by Pope Leo XIII. It was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese on 14 April 1897.[1][2]

The new archdiocese became the Metropolitan of the suffragan sees: Canelones, Florida, Maldonado–Punta del Este, Melo, Mercedes, Minas, Salto, San José de Mayo, Tacuarembó.

Montevideo is the only archdiocese in Uruguay and its archbishop is thus seen as leader of the Uruguayan Church. The archdiocese's mother church and thus seat of its archbishop is the Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral.

The current archbishop of Montevideo is Daniel Sturla, SDB, who was installed on 9 March 2014. A year later he was created Cardinal by Pope Francis.

Organization

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The Archdiocese is subdivided into ten Pastoral Zones.

Bishops

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List of Ordinaries of Montevideo

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Coadjutor archbishops

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Auxiliary bishops

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Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Archdiocese of Montevideo". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
  2. ^ "Archdiocese of Montevideo". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
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