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Roman Catholic Diocese of Melo

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Parishes
  
16

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Area
  
25,000 km²

Bishop
  
Heriberto Bodeant

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Uruguay

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of Melo

Roman Catholic Diocese of Melo

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 150,000 110,000 (73.3%)

Established
  
15 November 1955 (61 years ago)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montevideo

Emeritus bishops
  
Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González, Luis del Castillo Estrada

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

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History

The diocese was erected in 1955, split off from the former diocese of Florida-Melo, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montevideo. Its see is at the Cathedral of Melo.

The current bishop is Luis del Castillo Estrada, who was appointed in 1999.

Ordinaries

  • José Maria Cavallero † (20 Dec 1955 - 9 Jul 1960 Appointed, Bishop of Minas)
  • Orestes Santiago Nuti Sanguinetti, S.D.B. † (9 Jul 1960 - 2 Jan 1962 Appointed, Bishop of Canelones)
  • Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González (2 Jan 1962 - 23 Apr 1996 Retired)
  • Nicolás Cotugno Fanizzi, S.D.B. (13 Jun 1996 - 4 Dec 1998 Appointed, Archbishop of Montevideo)
  • Luis del Castillo Estrada, S.J. (21 Dec 1999 - 13 Jun 2009)
  • Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández (13 Jun 2009 - present day)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Melo Wikipedia
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