The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas ( la, Dioecesis Maldonadensis-Orientalis Orae-Fodinensis) is a

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. It was the Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este until, on March 2, 2020, the Diocese of Minas was united with it.

History

The diocese was erected in 1966, from the Diocese of Minas and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montevideo. This diocese covers almost all the Department of Maldonado and the southern half of the Department of Rocha. Its see is at the

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. A previous bishop was Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer, who was appointed in 1985.

Bishops

See Diocese of Minas, which has since united with this diocese, for bishops affiliated with it.

Ordinaries

''Bishops of Maldonado-Punta del Este'' *

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† (26 Feb 1966 – 25 Mar 1985 Died) * Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer (9 Nov 1985 – 15 Jun 2018) *

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 ...

(15 Jun 2018 - 2 Mar 2020); ''see below'' ''Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas'' *

(2 Mar 2020–present); ''see above''

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

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, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo in 2018

References

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History

Bishops

Ordinaries

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

See also

References