The Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (Spanish : Conferencia Episcopal del Uruguay, acronym CEU) is an episcopal conference of the Roman Catholic Church of Uruguay that gathers the bishops of the country in order to discuss pastoral issues and in general all matters that have to do with the Church.
The Episcopal Conference is made up of 1 archbishop, 9 ordinary bishops, 2 auxiliary bishops and 6 bishops emeritus. [1] Its current authorities (since 2019) are:
An episcopal conference, sometimes called a conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory. Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal entities. The first assembly of bishops to meet regularly, with its own legal structure and ecclesial leadership function, is the Swiss Bishops' Conference, which was founded in 1863. More than forty episcopal conferences existed before the Second Vatican Council. Their status was confirmed by the Second Vatican Council and further defined by Pope Paul VI's 1966 motu proprio, Ecclesiae sanctae.
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Jorge (Liberato) Urosa is a Venezuelan Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Caracas from 2005 to 2018. He was made a cardinal in 2006.
The Catholic Church in Uruguay is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mercedes is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic church in Uruguay.
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Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer is a Uruguayan Roman Catholic cleric.
Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante is a Uruguayan Roman Catholic cleric.
Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández is a Uruguayan Roman Catholic cleric.
The Cathedral of Our Lady of Mercy is the main Roman Catholic church building of Mercedes, Uruguay. It is the see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mercedes since 1960.
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Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, SDB is the bishop of Mercedes.
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