The Diocese of Tacuarembó () is a
Latin Church
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ecclesiastical territory or
diocese
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop.
History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...
of the
Catholic Church
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in
Uruguay
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. It is a
suffragan diocese
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in the
ecclesiastical province
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(covering all Uruguay) of the
metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo.
History
The diocese was created in 1960, from the
Diocese of Florida and is a suffragan of the
Archdiocese of Montevideo. It covers the Departments of Tacuarembó and Rivera.
Its see is at the
Cathedral of Tacuarembó
The Saint Fructuosus Cathedral () is the main Roman Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Church (building), church building of Tacuarembó, Uruguay. It is the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacuarembó since 1960.
History
The original church wa ...
.
Ordinaries
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Carlos Parteli Keller † (3 Nov 1960 Appointed – 26 February 1966 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Montevideo)
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Miguel Balaguer † (26 Feb 1966 Appointed – 28 January 1983 Resigned)
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Daniel Gil Zorrilla, S.J. (28 Jan 1983 Appointed – 8 March 1989 Appointed, Bishop of Salto)
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Julio César Bonino † (20 Dec 1989 Appointed – 8 August 2017 Died in office)
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Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano, (from 19 June 2018)
See also
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List of churches in the Diocese of Tacuarembó
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List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Uruguay
The Diocese, diocesan system of Christian church government in Uruguay comprises one ecclesiastical province headed by an archbishop. The province is in turn subdivided into 8 dioceses and 1 archdioceses, archdiocese each headed by a bishop or an ...
External links
Religion in Tacuarembó Department
Religion in Rivera Department
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Christian organizations established in 1960
1960 establishments in Uruguay
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