List of Catholic dioceses in Uruguay explained

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

DioceseOrdinarySinceNotes
Archdiocese of MontevideoDaniel Sturla11 February 2014auxiliary: Luis Eduardo González Cedrés;
emeritus: Nicolás Cotugno
Diocese of CanelonesHeriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández23 February 2010emeritus: Orlando Romero Cabrera
emeritus: Alberto Francisco María Sanguinetti Montero
emeritus: Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone
Diocese of FloridaMartín Pérez Scremini15 March 2008
Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este-MinasMilton Tróccoli9 November 1985emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este: Rodolfo Wirz;
emeritus of Minas: Jaime Rafael Fuentes
Diocese of MeloPablo Alfonso Jourdán Alvariza13 June 2009emeritus: Luis del Castillo Estrada
Diocese of MercedesCarlos Collazzi14 February 1995
Diocese of SaltoArturo Fajardo15 June 2020emeritus: Pablo Galimberti
Diocese of San José de MayoEdgardo Fabián Antúnez-Percíncula Kaenel
Diocese of TacuarembóPedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano20 December 1989

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