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Roman Catholic Diocese of Minas

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Parishes
  
10

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Area
  
16,200 km²

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of Minas

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Uruguay

Roman Catholic Diocese of Minas

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 71,100 50,000 (70.3%)

Established
  
25 June 1960 (56 years ago)

Bishop
  
Jaime Rafael Fuentes Martín

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montevideo

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

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History

The diocese was erected in 1960, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montevideo. This diocese covers the Department of Lavalleja and northern portions of the Departments of Rocha and Maldonado. Its see is at the Cathedral of Minas.

The current bishop is Jaime Rafael Fuentes, who was appointed in 2010.

Ordinaries

  • José Maria Cavallero † (9 Jul 1960 appointed - 29 May 1963 died)
  • Edmondo Quaglia Martínez † (29 May 1964 appointed - 12 Jul 1976 died)
  • Carlos Arturo Mullín Nocetti, S.J. † (3 Nov 1977 Appointed - 17 Mar 1985 Died)
  • Victor Gil Lechoza † (9 Nov 1985 appointed - 21 Jun 2001 died)
  • Rodolfo Wirz, as Apostolic administrator (June 2001 - March 2004)
  • Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira † (6 Mar 2004 appointed - 1 Jul 2009 resigned)
  • Rodolfo Wirz, as Apostolic administrator (July 2009 - October 2010)
  • Jaime Rafael Fuentes (16 Oct 2010 appointed - present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Minas Wikipedia
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