Salto diocese
| Salto diocese | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Uruguay |
| Ecclesiastical province | Montevideo |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Montevideo |
| Diocesan bishop | Arturo Fajardo |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Pablo Jaime Galimberti di Vietri |
| founding | 1897 |
| surface | 49,419 km² |
| Parishes | 16 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 366.145 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 295.100 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 80.6% |
| Diocesan priest | 16 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 18 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 8,679 |
| Permanent deacons | 8 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 25 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 65 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | San Juan Bautista |
| Website | http://www.diocesisdesalto.com/ |
The Diocese of Salto ( Latin Dioecesis Saltensis in Uruguay , Spanish Diócesis de Salto ) is a Roman Catholic suffragan diocese in Uruguay with its seat in the city of Salto .
history
The diocese of Salto was established on April 14, 1879. Territorially, it emerged from the diocese of Montevideo . On November 15, 1955 and December 17, 1960 parts of the diocese's own territory were made available for the establishment of the dioceses of San José de Mayo and Mercedes . Around 292,000 Roman Catholic Christians live in sixteen parishes in the Diocese of Salto . Seventeen diocesan priests and seventeen fathers take care of their pastoral care in the diocese of Salto . Eight permanent deacons , seventy-one nuns and twenty-three friars also ensure pastoral service . Under canon law , the Diocese of Salto, as a suffragan diocese, is subject to the Archdiocese of Montevideo.
