Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas
| Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas | |
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| Country | Uruguay |
| Ecclesiastical province | Montevideo |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Montevideo |
| Diocesan bishop | Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer |
| founding | January 10, 1966 |
| surface | 7,584 km² |
| Parishes | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 243.022 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 155,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 63.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 8 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,158 |
| Permanent deacons | 11 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 15 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 26 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral San Fernando |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este -Minas ( Latin Dioecesis Maldonadensis-orientalis Orae-Fodinensis , Spanish diócesis de Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas ) is an in Uruguay situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Maldonado . It is canonically and organizationally assigned to the Archdiocese of Montevideo as a suffragan .
history
Emerging from the Diocese of Minas , the Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este was established on January 10, 1966. About 155,000 Roman Catholic Christians live in the fifteen parishes . They are cared for pastorally by ten diocesan priests , nine religious priests , eleven deacons in the permanent diaconate with the help of 25 nuns and 13 friars .
On March 2, 2020, Pope Francis ordered the unification of the diocese with the Diocese of Minas and the renaming to the Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas. The previous bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este, Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio , was appointed bishop of the united diocese.
Bishops
- Antonio Corso (1966–1985)
- Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer (1985-2018)
- Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio (since 2018)
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Mergers delle Diocesi di Minas e Maldonado-Punta del Este (Uruguay) e nomina del Vescovo della nuova circoscrizione. In: Daily Bulletin. Holy See Press Office , March 2, 2020, accessed March 2, 2020 (Italian).
