The Diocese of Salto is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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. The diocese was erected in 1897. The Diocese of Salto covers four departments: Artigas, Salto, Paysandú, and Río Negro. Its see is at the Cathedral of Salto. The Diocese of Salto is a suffragan diocese of the

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of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo. The current bishop is Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante, who was appointed in 15 June 2020, transferring him from the Diocese of San José de Mayo.

Bishops

;Ordinaries * Tomás Gregorio Camacho † (3 Jul 1919 Appointed – 20 May 1940 Died) * Alfredo Viola † (20 May 1940 Succeeded – 1 Jan 1968 Resigned) * Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies † (1 Jan 1968 Succeeded – 8 Mar 1989 Retired) * Daniel Gil Zorrilla, S.J. † (8 Mar 1989 Appointed – 16 May 2006 Retired) * Pablo Jaime Galimberti di Vietri (16 May 2006 Appointed – 24 Jul 2018 Retired) *

Fernando Miguel Gil Eisner Fernando Miquel Gil Eisner (8 May 1953 – 17 January 2020) was a Uruguayan Roman Catholic bishop. Gil Eisner was born in Uruguay and was ordained to the priesthood in 1983. He served as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salto The Dio ...

† (24 Jul 2018 Appointed – 17 Jan 2020 Died) * Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante (15 June 2020 Appointed – ) ;Auxiliary and co-adjutor bishops: * Alfredo Viola † (co-adjutor, 25 July 1936 – 20 May 1940) * José María Cavallero † (auxiliary, 16 July 1952 – 20 December 1955), appointed Bishop of Melo * Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies † (co-adjutor, 3 February 1959 – 1 January 1968) * Carlos Alberto Nicolini † (auxiliary, since 28 October 1977; co-adjutor, 29 December 1984 – 19 June 1988), died without succeeding to see *

Heriberto Bodeant Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández (born 15 June 1955 in Young, Río Negro Department) is a Uruguayan Roman Catholic cleric. Biography Bodeant was born in Young, where he attended school and high school. After studying education in Paysandú ...

(auxiliary, 28 June 2003 – 13 June 2009), appointed Bishop of Melo ;Other priest of this diocese who became bishop: *

Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira (26 March 1944 in Tambores, Uruguay – 17 June 2015) was a Roman Catholic bishop in Uruguay. Biography Silveira studied Roman Catholic theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the ...

† , appointed Bishop of Minas in 2004

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Bishops

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