Diocese of Salto
| Diocese of Salto Dioecesis Saltensis in Uruguay Diócesis de Salto | |
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| Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
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| Location | |
| Country | Uruguay |
| Ecclesiastical province | Montevideo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 49,295 km2 (19,033 sq mi) |
| Population Total Catholics |
(as of 2010) 379,595 288,000 (75.9%) |
| Parishes | 16 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 14 April 1897 (129 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral de San Juan Bautista |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Arturo Fajardo |
| Bishops emeritus | Pablo Jaime Galimberti di Vietri |
| Map | |
The Diocese of Salto is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Uruguay. The diocese was erected in 1897. The Diocese of Salto covers four departments: Artigas, Salto, Paysandú, and Río Negro.[1][2] Its see is at the Cathedral of Salto.
The Diocese of Salto is a suffragan diocese of the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo. The current bishop is Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante, who was appointed on 15 June 2020, transferring him from the Diocese of San José de Mayo.
Bishops
- Ordinaries
- Tomás Gregorio Camacho † (3 Jul 1919 Appointed – 20 May 1940 Died)
- Alfredo Viola † (20 May 1940 Succeeded – 1 Jan 1968 Resigned)
- Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies † (1 Jan 1968 Succeeded – 8 Mar 1989 Retired)
- Daniel Gil Zorrilla, S.J. † (8 Mar 1989 Appointed – 16 May 2006 Retired)
- Pablo Jaime Galimberti di Vietri (16 May 2006 Appointed – 24 Jul 2018 Retired)
- Fernando Miguel Gil Eisner † (24 Jul 2018 Appointed – 17 Jan 2020 Died)
- Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante (15 June 2020 Appointed – )
- Auxiliary and co-adjutor bishops
- Alfredo Viola † (co-adjutor, 25 July 1936 – 20 May 1940)
- José María Cavallero † (auxiliary, 16 July 1952 – 20 December 1955), appointed Bishop of Melo
- Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies † (co-adjutor, 3 February 1959 – 1 January 1968)
- Carlos Alberto Nicolini † (auxiliary, since 28 October 1977; co-adjutor, 29 December 1984 – 19 June 1988), died without succeeding to see
- Heriberto Bodeant (auxiliary, 28 June 2003 – 13 June 2009), appointed Bishop of Melo
- Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira †, appointed Bishop of Minas in 2004
See also
Canonical status and jurisdiction
Roman Catholic Diocese of Salto is a diocese of the catholic church of the Catholic Church.[3]
External links
From the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia
Diocese of Salto — (SALTENSIS).
Diocese in Uruguay, suffragan to Montevideo. This diocese with that of Melo was erected by Pope Leo XIII by his Brief of 19 April, 1897, on the petition of the Bishop of Montevideo and with the consent of the Uruguayan Government. Montevideo was raised to the archiepiscopal rank and two titular bishops were named to assist the new archbishop. However, owing to unfavorable political conditions, no appointments to the new sees have yet been made (December, 1911). The Diocese of Salto comprises the north-western portion of the Republic of Uruguay (see the Ecclesiastical Map of South America in CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA, III), including the departments of Río Negro, Paysandú, Salto, Artigas, and Tacuarembo, with an area of 25,700 square miles and a population of about 197,000 inhabitants. The town of Salto (population 12,000) is situated on the Río de la Plata opposite Concordia in Argentina. It has a large export trade, and is in communication with both Montevideo and Buenos Aires, by boat and rail. Paysandú (population 16,000) is also a busy commercial centre, the neighboring region being extensively devoted to stock-raising. It contains a hospital and two churches.
KEANE, Central and South America, I (London, 1909); MULHALL, Handbook of the River Plate Republics (London, 1895); DIAZ, Hist. de las Repub. de la Plata (Montevideo, 1878); Publications of the Direccion de estadistica general (Montevideo, current); BRYSSEL, La republique orientale de l'Uruguay (1889); Handbook of Uruguay: International Bureau of the American Republics (Washington, 1892 and 1909); BAUZA, Historia de la dominacion espanola en el Uruguay (Montevideo, 1880).
References
- Back to citation "Diocese of Salto". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
- Back to citation "Diocese of Salto". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
- Back to citation Roman Catholic Diocese of Salto, official website