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

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of the

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of the

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History

Erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of

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on 14 August 1832, the vicariate was promoted to the Diocese of Montevideo on 13 July 1878 by

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. It was elevated to the rank of a

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on 14 April 1897. The new archdiocese became the

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of the

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: Canelones,

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, Maldonado–Punta del Este, Melo, Mercedes, Minas, Salto,

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, Tacuarembó. Montevideo is the only archdiocese in Uruguay and its archbishop is thus seen as leader of the Uruguayan Church. The archdiocese's

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and thus seat of its archbishop is the

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. The current archbishop of Montevideo is

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

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Organization

The Archdiocese is subdivided into ten Pastoral Zones.

Bishops

List of Ordinaries of Montevideo

* Pedro Alcántara Jiménez,

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(1830–1843) * Jacinto Vera y Durán (1859–1881) * Inocencio María Yéregui (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,

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(1940–1976) (

in 1958) * Carlos Parteli Keller (1976–1985) *

José Gottardi Cristelli José Gottardi Cristelli, S.D.B. (21 September 1923, in Baselga di Pinè, Trentino – 7 March 2005, in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan cleric. He was ordained on 15 October 1950 as a Salesian of Don Bosco. On 1 March 1972 he was appointed titular ...

, SDB (1985–1998) * Nicolás Cotugno Fanizzi, SDB (1998–2014) * Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, SDB (2014 – ) (

in 2015)

Coadjutor archbishops

* Antonio María (Alfredo) Barbieri, O.F.M. Cap. (1936-1940); future Cardinal * Carlos Parteli Keller (1966-1976)

Auxiliary bishops

* Innocenzo María Yéregui (1881), appointed Bishop here * Ricardo Isaza y Goyechea (1891-1929) * Pio Gaetano Secondo Stella (1893-1927) * Antonio Corso (1958-1966), appointed Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este * Miguel Balaguer (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 Bish ...

, S.D.B. (1968-1975) appointed Bishop of Mercedes *

, 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 (2009-2018), appointed Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este * Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B. (2011-2014), appointed Archbishop here; future Cardinal * Luis Eduardo González Cedrés (2018-) * Pablo Alfonso Jourdán Alvariza (2018-)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

* Enrico Lorenzo Cabrera Urdangarin, appointed Bishop of Mercedes in 1960 * Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González, 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

History

Organization

Bishops

List of Ordinaries of Montevideo

Coadjutor archbishops

Auxiliary bishops

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

See also

References

External links