Diocese of Tacuarembó

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The Diocese of Tacuarembó (Latin: Dioecesis Tacuarembiana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Uruguay. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province (covering all Uruguay) of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo.

History

The diocese was created in 1960, from the Diocese of Florida and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montevideo. It covers the Departments of Tacuarembó and Rivera.[1][2] Its see is at the Cathedral of Tacuarembó.

Ordinaries

  • Carlos Parteli Keller † (3 Nov 1960 Appointed – 26 February 1966 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Montevideo)
  • Miguel Balaguer † (26 Feb 1966 Appointed – 28 January 1983 Resigned)
  • Daniel Gil Zorrilla, S.J. (28 Jan 1983 Appointed – 8 March 1989 Appointed, Bishop of Salto)
  • Julio César Bonino † (20 Dec 1989 Appointed – 8 August 2017 Died in office)
  • Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano, (from 19 June 2018)

References

  1. 1."Diocese of Tacuarembó". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
  2. 2."Diocese of Tacuarembó". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 18 April 2013.