The Saint Fructuosus Cathedral () is the main

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Tacuarembó Tacuarembó ( Guaraní language, Guarani: ''Takuarembo'', literally: "Bamboo shoot") is the capital city of the Tacuarembó Department in north-central Uruguay. History On 24 October 1831, a presidential decree by Fructuoso Rivera ordered the cr ...

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. It is the see of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacuarembó The Diocese of Tacuarembó () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Uruguay. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province (covering all Uruguay) of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo ...

since 1960.

History

The original church was established on 30 August 1834.Parish of the St. Fructuosus Cathedral
Originally it was a very humble ranch with thatched roof. The present temple, built in

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, was consecrated in 1917. The clock is operational since 1930. Declared a National Monument, this temple is dedicated to saint

Fructuosus of Tarragona Saint Fructuosus of Tarragona (, , died 259) was a Christian saint, bishop and martyr. His is an important name in the early history of Christianity in Hispania. He was bishop of Tarragona and was arrested during the persecutions of Christians ...

.Jubilee of St. Fructuosus

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Diocese of Tacuarembó
- CEU

Roman Catholic church buildings in Tacuarembó Department Tacuarembo Roman Catholic churches completed in 1917 Romanesque Revival church buildings in Uruguay 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Uruguay {{Uruguay-RC-cathedral-stub

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