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Roman Catholic Diocese of Florida

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Parishes
  
16

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Area
  
22,600 km²

Bishop
  
Martín Pérez Scremini

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Uruguay

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of Florida

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Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2006)123,80091,000 (73.5%)

Established
  
14 April 1897 (119 years ago)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montevideo

Emeritus bishop
  
Raúl Horacio Scarrone Carrero

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Florida (Latin: Dioecesis Floridensis) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Uruguay.

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History

The diocese was erected in 1897 as the diocese of Melo from the diocese of Montevideo. In 1931, the name was changed to the diocese of Florida-Melo. Finally in 1955, the diocese was split into the Diocese of Melo and the Diocese of Florida.

The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montevideo. Its see is at the Cathedral of Florida.

The current bishop is Martín Pablo Pérez Scremini, who was appointed in March 2008.

Ordinaries

  • José Marcos Semeria † (3 Jul 1919 - 9 Jun 1922 Resigned)
  • José Joaquín Manuel Eloy Arróspide Echeverría † (21 Jul 1922 - 18 Apr 1928 Died)
  • Miguel Paternain, C.Ss.R. † (20 Apr 1929 - 27 Feb 1960 Resigned)
  • Humberto Tonna Zanotta † (5 Jul 1960 - 16 Jun 1987 Retired)
  • Raúl Horacio Scarrone Carrero (15 Jun 1987 - 15 Mar 2008 Retired)
  • Martín Pablo Pérez Scremini (15 Mar 2008 - present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Florida Wikipedia
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