Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montevideo
| Archdiocese of Montevideo Archidioecesis Montisvidei | |
|---|---|
 Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, St. Philip and St. James | |
| Location | |
| Country | Uruguay |
| Ecclesiastical province | Montevideo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 540 km2 (210 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 1,350,000 850,000 (63%) |
| Parishes | 77 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 14 August 1832 (183 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción y San Felipe y Santiago |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B. |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio |
| Emeritus Bishops | Nicolás Cotugno Fanizzi, S.D.B. |
| Map | |
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| Website | |
| www.arquidiocesis.net | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montevideo (Latin: Archidioecesis Montisvidei) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Uruguay.
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.[1][2]
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.
List of Ordinaries of Montevideo
- Pedro Alcántara Jiménez, OPraem (1830 - 1843)
- Jacinto Vera y Durán (1859 - 1881)
- Inocencio María Yéregui (1881 - ?)
- Mariano Soler (1891 - 1908)
- Juan Francisco Aragone (1919 - 1940)
- Antonio María Barbieri, OFM Cap (1940 - 1976) (Cardinal in 1958)
- Carlos Parteli Keller (1976 - 1985)
- José Gottardi Cristelli, SDB (1985 - 1998)
- Nicolás Cotugno Fanizzi, SDB (1998 - 2014)
- Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, SDB (2014 - (Cardinal in 2015)
See also
References
- ↑ "Archdiocese of Montevideo". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
- ↑ "Archdiocese of Montevideo". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
External links
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- Official site
"Archdiocese of Montevideo". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.
Coordinates: 34°54′26″S 56°12′17″W / 34.9071°S 56.2046°W