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Roman Catholic Diocese of San José de Mayo

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Parishes
  
11

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Area
  
11,482 km²

Bishop
  
Arturo Fajardo

Denomination
  
Catholic Church

Pope
  
Francis

Country
  
Uruguay

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Population- Total- Catholics
  
(as of 2004)112,40185,000 (75.6%)

Established
  
15 November 1955 (61 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of San José de Mayo

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montevideo

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San José de Mayo (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Iosephi in Uraquaria) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic church in Uruguay.

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History

The diocese was created in 1955, from territory in the Archdiocese of Montevideo and the Diocese of Salto. It covers the Departments of San José and Flores. The diocese is currently a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montevideo. Its see is at the Cathedral of San José de Mayo.

The current bishop is Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante who was appointed in 2007.

Ordinaries

  • Luis Baccino † (20 Dec 1955 Appointed - 5 Jul 1975 Died)
  • Herbé Seijas † (15 Oct 1975 Appointed - 3 May 1983 Died)
  • Pablo Jaime Galimberti di Vietri (12 Dec 1983 Appointed - 16 May 2006 Appointed, Bishop of Salto)
  • Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante (27 Jun 2007 Appointed - )

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of San José de Mayo Wikipedia
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