The Diocese of Tacuarembó ( la, Dioecesis Tacuarembiana) is a
Latin Church
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ecclesiastical territory or
diocese
In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associa ...
of the
Catholic Church
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in
Uruguay
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...
. It is a
suffragan diocese in the
ecclesiastical province
An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian Churches with traditional hierarchical structure, including Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity. In general, an ecclesiastical province consists of seve ...
(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.
Its see is at the
Cathedral of Tacuarembó
The Saint Fructuosus Cathedral ( es, Catedral de San Fructuoso) is the main Roman Catholic church building of Tacuarembó, Uruguay. It is the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacuarembó since 1960.
History
The original church was establis ...
.
Ordinaries
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Carlos Parteli Keller † (3 Nov 1960 Appointed – 26 February 1966 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Montevideo)
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Miguel Balaguer † (26 Feb 1966 Appointed – 28 January 1983 Resigned)
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Daniel Gil Zorrilla, S.J. (28 Jan 1983 Appointed – 8 March 1989 Appointed, Bishop of Salto)
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Julio César Bonino † (20 Dec 1989 Appointed – 8 August 2017 Died in office)
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Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano
Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano is from June 19, 2018 the bishop of Tacuarembó.
Biography
Pedro Wolcan was born in Nueva Helvecia in 1953, and studied in the interdiocesan major seminary of Montevideo and was ordained priest on September 21, 1 ...
, (from 19 June 2018)
See also
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List of churches in the Diocese of Tacuarembó
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Uruguay
The Diocese, 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 archdioceses, archdiocese each headed by a bishop or an ...
External links
Religion in Tacuarembó Department
Religion in Rivera Department
Tacuarembo
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Christian organizations established in 1960
1960 establishments in Uruguay
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