Archdiocese of Montevideo Archidioecesis Montisvidei Arquidiócesis de Montevideo | |
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Location | |
Country | Uruguay |
Ecclesiastical province | Montevideo |
Statistics | |
Area | 540 km2 (210 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 1,350,000 850,000 (63%) |
Parishes | 77 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 14 August 1832 (191 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción y San Felipe y Santiago |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B. |
Auxiliary Bishops | Luis Eduardo González Cedrés |
Bishops emeritus | Nicolás Cotugno Fanizzi, S.D.B. |
Map | |
Website | |
www.arquidiocesis.net |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montevideo (Latin : Archidioecesis Montisvidei) is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic church in Uruguay.
Erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Montevideo by Pope Gregory XVI on 14 August 1832, the vicariate was promoted to the Diocese of Montevideo on 13 July 1878 by Pope Leo XIII. It was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese on 14 April 1897. [1] [2]
The new archdiocese became the Metropolitan of the suffragan sees: Canelones, Florida, Maldonado–Punta del Este, Melo, Mercedes, Minas, Salto, San José de Mayo, Tacuarembó.
Montevideo is the only archdiocese in Uruguay and its archbishop is thus seen as leader of the Uruguayan Church. The archdiocese's mother church and thus seat of its archbishop is the Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral.
The current archbishop of Montevideo is Daniel Sturla, SDB, who was installed on 9 March 2014. A year later he was created Cardinal by Pope Francis.
The Archdiocese is subdivided into ten Pastoral Zones.
The transport network in Uruguay consists of 1,673 km of rail network, 7,743 km of paved roads, 1,600 km of navigable waterways, and 11 airports with paved roads.
The Catholic Church in Uruguay is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
Antonio María Barbieri, OFMCap, born Alfredo Barbieri, was an Uruguayan cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Montevideo from 1940 to 1976, and was elevated to the rank of cardinal.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Córdoba is in Argentina and is a metropolitan diocese and its suffragan sees include Cruz del Eje, San Francisco, Villa de la Concepción del Río Cuarto and Villa María as well as the Territorial Prelature of Deán Funes. It was elevated on 20 April 1934.
The Diocese of Florida is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in southern Uruguay. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic church in Uruguay. It was the Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este until, on March 2, 2020, the Diocese of Minas was united with it.
The Diocese of Melo is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese Catholic church in Uruguay.
The Diocese of Mercedes is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic church in Uruguay.
The Diocese of Minas is a former Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Uruguay. When the final bishop of the diocese, Jaime Rafael Fuentes, retired in 2020, the Diocese of Minas was united with the Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este to form the Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas.
The Diocese of Tacuarembó is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Uruguay. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo.
Route 5 is a national route of Uruguay. In 1975, it was assigned the name Brigadier General Fructuoso Rivera, a national hero of Uruguay. It is one of the most important highways in country, along with Route 3, connecting Montevideo in the south with Rivera in the north and passing through the centre of the country. The road is approximately 501 kilometres (311 mi) in length. Upon reaching Santana do Livramento, the road joins federal highway BR-158.
Carlos Parteli Keller was a Uruguayan Roman Catholic cleric.
In 2012, a strong storm swept across southern Uruguay from 18 to 19 September.
Nicolás Domingo Cotugno Fanizzi, S.D.B. is an Italian-Uruguayan Roman Catholic priest.
José Gottardi Cristelli, S.D.B. was a Uruguayan cleric.
The Cathedral of Saint Ferdinand of Maldonado is the main Roman Catholic church building of Maldonado, Uruguay. Since 1966, it took the name of Cathedral for being the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este, founded by S.S. Paul VI on January 10, 1966. Its first pastor was Antonio Corso (1966-1985), and its current pastor is Rodolfo Wirz (1985-Present).
Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, SDB is a Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate and the archbishop of Montevideo.