Area 540 km² | Parishes 77 Emeritus bishop Nicolás Cotugno | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2004)1,350,000850,000 (63%) Established 14 August 1832 (184 years ago) Cathedral Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral | ||
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montevideo (Latin: Archidioecesis Montisvidei) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Uruguay.
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History
Erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Montevideo by Pope Gregory XVI on 14 August 1832, the vicariate was promoted to the Diocese of Montevideo on 13 July 1878 by Pope Leo XIII. It was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese on 14 April 1897.
The new archdiocese became the Metropolitan of the suffragan sees: Canelones, Florida, Maldonado–Punta del Este, Melo, Mercedes, Minas, Salto, San José de Mayo, Tacuarembó.
Montevideo is the only archdiocese in Uruguay and its archbishop is thus seen as leader of the Uruguayan Church. The archdiocese's mother church and thus seat of its archbishop is the Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral.
The current archbishop of Montevideo is Daniel Sturla, SDB, since his installation on March 9, 2014. A year later he was created Cardinal by Pope Francis.
Organization
The Archdiocese is subdivided into ten Pastoral Zones.