Roman Catholic Church in Uruguay

Our Lady of the Thirty-Three , Patron Saint of Uruguay

The Roman Catholic Church in Uruguay is part of the worldwide Roman Catholic Church .

organization

In Uruguay, 47% of the population profess the Roman Catholic denomination (as of 2006). This is the lowest rate of any country in South America with the exception of Guyana and Suriname .

As an ecclesiastical province, the Roman Catholic Church in Uruguay is divided into an archdiocese and nine associated suffragan dioceses .

The pastoral care of Catholics in Uruguay is ensured by 198 diocesan priests , 266 religious priests , 76 permanent deacons , 1,099 religious sisters and 392 religious brothers .

The national saint of Uruguay is James, son of Alphaeus .

The Holy See has full diplomatic relations with Uruguay. Apostolic Nuncio has been Archbishop Martin Krebs since June 2018 .

Dioceses in Uruguay

• Archdiocese of Montevideo , Diocese of Canelones , Diocese of Florida , Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas , Diocese of Melo , Diocese of Mercedes , Diocese of Salto , Diocese of San José de Mayo and Diocese of Tacuarembó

Great personalities

• Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga (1771–1848), naturalist , first Vicar Apostolic of Uruguay
• Juan Francisco Larrobla (1775–1842), theologian and patriot, author of the Declaration of Independence
• José Benito Monterroso (1780–1838), secretary to the national hero José Gervasio Artigas
• José Benito Lamas (1787–1857), patriot and editor
• Manuel Barreiro (1787–1838), patriot and constitutional giver
• Lorenzo Antonio Fernández (1792–1852), draftsman and rector of the Universidad de la República
• Jacinto Vera y Durán (1813–1881), first bishop of Montevideo
• Blessed Francisca Rubatto (1844–1904), founder of Mother Rubatto's Capuchin Sisters
• Mariano Soler (1846–1908), first Archbishop of Montevideo
• Antonio María Barbieri , OFMCap (1892–1979), first Uruguayan cardinal
• Juan Luis Segundo , SJ (1925-1996), liberation theologian
• Rubén Isidro Alonso , SDB (1929–1992), street priest
• Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet SDB (* 1959), Archbishop of Montevideo and Cardinal
• Gonzalo Aemilius (* 1979), former head of the Liceo Jubilar, private secretary of Pope Francis

Footnotes

1. ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE): Encuesta Nacional de Hogares - Tema Religión ( Memento of the original from November 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
2. ↑ Andreas Resch: I beati di Giovanni Paolo II , Vol. 4. 1996-2000 . Libreria Editrice Vaticana, Citta ́del Vaticano 2004, ISBN 88-209-7593-9 , pp. 135 ff.

Web links

• Official website of the Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (Spanish)
• Data on the website of catholic-hierarchy.org (English)