Diocese of Melo Dioecesis Melensis Diócesis de Melo | |
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Location | |
Country | Uruguay |
Ecclesiastical province | Montevideo |
Statistics | |
Area | 25,000 km2 (9,700 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 150,000 110,000 (73.3%) |
Parishes | 16 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 15 November 1955 (68 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora del Pilar y San Rafael |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Pablo Alfonso Jourdán Alvariza |
Bishops emeritus | Luis del Castillo Estrada, S.J. |
Map | |
Website | |
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The Diocese of Melo (Latin : Dioecesis Melensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese Catholic church in Uruguay.
The diocese was erected in 1955, split off from the former diocese of Florida-Melo, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montevideo. Its see is at the Cathedral of Melo. [1] [2]
The current bishop is Pablo Alfonso Jourdán Alvariza, who was appointed in 2021.
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