Diocese of Florida Dioecesis Floridensis Diócesis de Florida | |
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![]() Cathedral Basilica Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Thirty-Three | |
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Ecclesiastical province | Montevideo |
Statistics | |
Area | 22,600 km2 (8,700 sq mi) |
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Parishes | 16 |
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Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 14 April 1897 (128 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Basílica Santuario de la Virgen de los Treinta y Tres |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Martín Pablo Pérez Scremini |
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The Diocese of Florida (Latin : Dioecesis Floridensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in southern Uruguay. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province (covering all Uruguay) of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo.
Its cathedra is a minor basilica, the Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Luján, dedicated to Our Lady of Luján.
The current bishop, Martín Pablo Pérez Scremini, was appointed in March 2008.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 91,500 Catholics (74.7% of 122,500 total) on 22,600 km² in 17 parishes and 72 missions with 29 priests (9 diocesan, 20 religious), 5 deacons, 70 lay religious (22 brothers, 48 sisters), and 1 seminarian.
(all Roman Rite)
34°06′02″S56°12′51″W / 34.1005°S 56.2142°W