The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montevideo ( la, Archidioecesis Montisvidei) is an

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of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic church in Uruguay.

History

Erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of

Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

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. The new archdiocese became the

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of the

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: Canelones, Florida, Maldonado–Punta del Este, Melo,

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, 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 Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, SDB (born 4 July 1959 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate and the archbishop of Montevideo. Biography Sturla was born in a Uruguayan middle-class family. His parents died when he was a teena ...

, SDB, who was installed on 9 March 2014. A year later he was created

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by Pope Francis.

Organization

The Archdiocese is subdivided into ten Pastoral Zones.

Bishops

List of Ordinaries of Montevideo

* Pedro Alcántara Jiménez, OPraem (1830–1843) *

Jacinto Vera y Durán Blessed Jacinto Vera Durán (Atlantic Ocean, 3 July 1813 – Pan de Azúcar, Uruguay, 6 May 1881) was a Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate who served as the first bishop of Montevideo. He was an active minister in Uruguay, although his efforts to ...

(1859–1881) *

Inocencio María Yéregui Inocencio María Yéregui Goichea (28 July 1833 - 1 February 1890) was a Uruguayan cleric. Upon the death of Bishop Jacinto Vera in May 1881, Yéregui was appointed auxiliary bishop of Montevideo and titular bishop of Canopus. On 22 November 1 ...

(1881–1890) *

Mariano Soler Monsignor Dr. Mariano Soler (born 25 March 1846 in San Carlos - deceased 26 September 1908 in Gibraltar) was a Uruguayan cleric and the first Roman Catholic archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay. A student at the South American College in Rome, he o ...

(1891–1908) * Juan Francisco Aragone (1919–1940) * Antonio María Barbieri, OFM Cap (1940–1976) (

in 1958) *

Carlos Parteli Keller Carlos Parteli Keller ( Rivera, 8 March 1910 – Montevideo, 26 May 1999) was a Uruguayan Roman Catholic cleric. Biography At 13 years of age he entered the Minor Seminary and at 16 he was sent to Rome by the second Bishop of Melo José Joaqu� ...

(1976–1985) * José Gottardi Cristelli, SDB (1985–1998) *

Nicolás Cotugno Fanizzi Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–17 ...

, SDB (1998–2014) *

Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, SDB (born 4 July 1959 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate and the archbishop of Montevideo. Biography Sturla was born in a Uruguayan middle-class family. His parents died when he was a teena ...

, SDB (2014 – ) (

in 2015)

Coadjutor archbishops

* Antonio María (Alfredo) Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap. (1936-1940); future Cardinal *

(1966-1976)

Auxiliary bishops

* Innocenzo María Yéregui (1881), appointed Bishop here *

Ricardo Isaza y Goyechea Ricardo is the Spanish language, Spanish and Portuguese language, Portuguese cognate of the name Richard. It derived from Proto-Germanic language, Proto-Germanic ''*rīks'' 'king, ruler' + ''*harduz'' 'hard, brave'. It may be a given name, or a s ...

(1891-1929) *

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(1893-1927) * Antonio Corso (1958-1966), appointed Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este *

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(1962-1966), appointed Bishop of Tacuarembó *

Andrés María Rubio Garcia Andrés María Rubio García (June 1, 1924 – 19 April 2006) was an Uruguayan Catholic bishop. Life Andrés María Rubio García received on 11 September 1949 the ordination of Salesians of Don Bosco. He was from 18 May 1968 Auxiliary Bis ...

, S.D.B. (1968-1975) appointed Bishop of Mercedes * José Gottardi Cristelli, S.D.B. (1975-1985), appointed Archbishop here *

Raúl Horacio Scarrone Carrero Raúl Horacio Scarrone Carrero (18 April 1931 – 4 May 2021) was an Uruguayan Roman Catholic bishop. Scarrone Carrero was born in Uruguay and was ordained to the priesthood in 1955. He served as the auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic A ...

(1982-1987), appointed Bishop of Florid * Orlando Romero Cabrera (1986-1994), appointed Bishop of Canelones * Luis del Castillo Estrada, S.J. (1988-1999), appointed Bishop of Melo * Martín Pablo Pérez Scremini (2004-2008), appointed Bishop of Florida *

Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio (born 3 March 1964 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate. He attended seminary at El Seminario Mayor de Montevideo, studying theology and philosophy. He was ordained as a priest in 1988 by Pope John ...

(2009-2018), appointed Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este *

, S.D.B. (2011-2014), appointed Archbishop here; future Cardinal * Luis Eduardo González Cedrés (2018-) *

Pablo Alfonso Jourdán Alvariza Pablo is a Spanish form of the name Paul. People *Pablo Alborán, Spanish singer *Pablo Aimar, Argentine footballer * Pablo Armero, Colombian footballer *Pablo Bartholomew, Indian photojournalist * Pablo Brandán, Argentine footballer *Pablo Bren ...

(2018-)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Enrico Lorenzo Cabrera Urdangarin Enrico is both an Italian language, Italian masculine given name and a surname, Enrico means homeowner, or king, derived from ''Heinrich (given name), Heinrich'' of Germanic origin. It is also a given name in Judaeo-Spanish, Ladino. Equivalents in ...

, appointed Bishop of Mercedes in 1960 *

Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González (April 16, 1921 – January 13, 2019) was a Uruguayan Prelate of Roman Catholic Church. Biography Cáceres was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of B ...

, appointed Bishop of Melo in 1962 * Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer, appointed Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este in 1985 * Alberto Francisco María Sanguinetti Montero, appointed Bishop of Canelones in 2010

References

External links

Official site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Montevideo Religion in Montevideo Religious organizations established in 1832 1832 establishments in Uruguay Roman Catholic dioceses in Uruguay Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Montevideo Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 19th century