The Diocese of Minas ( la, Dioecesis Fodinensis) is a former

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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. When the final

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of the diocese, Jaime Rafael Fuentes, retired in 2020, the Diocese of Minas was united with the Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este to form the Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas.

History

The diocese was erected in 1960, and was a

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in the

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of the

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Archdiocese of Montevideo. This diocese coved the department of Lavalleja and northern portions of the departments of Rocha and Maldonado. Its

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was in the Cathedral of Minas. The final bishop was Jaime Rafael Fuentes, who was appointed in 2010.

Bishops

Ordinaries

*José Maria Cavallero † (9 Jul 1960 appointed – 29 May 1963 died) *Edmondo Quaglia Martínez † (29 May 1964 appointed – 12 Jul 1976 died) * Carlos Arturo Mullín Nocetti, S.J. † (3 Nov 1977 Appointed – 17 Mar 1985 Died) *Victor Gil Lechoza † (9 Nov 1985 appointed – 21 Jun 2001 died) *

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, as Apostolic administrator (June 2001 – March 2004) *

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† (6 Mar 2004 appointed – 1 Jul 2009 resigned) *

, as Apostolic administrator (July 2009 – October 2010) * Jaime Rafael Fuentes (16 Oct 2010 appointed – 2 Mar 2020 retired)

Auxiliary bishop

* Carlos Arturo Mullín Nocetti, S.J. † (1972-1977), appointed Bishop here

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

* Pablo Alfonso Jourdán Alvariza, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo in 2018

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