Roman Catholic Diocese of Florida

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Diocese of Florida

Dioecesis Floridensis

Diócesis de Florida
Catedral de Florida.jpg
Cathedral Basilica
Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Thirty-Three
Location
CountryFlag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay
Ecclesiastical province Montevideo
Statistics
Area22,600 km2 (8,700 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2006)
  • 123,800
  • 91,000 (73.5%)
Parishes16
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established14 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
Map
Uruguay - Diocesi di Florida.png

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.

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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.

History

Statistics

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.

Episcopal ordinaries

(all Roman Rite)

Suffragan Bishop of Florida–Melo
Suffragan Bishops of Florida

See also

References

  1. "Diocese of Florida". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-17.
  2. "Diocese of Florida". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-04-18.

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