Diocese of Mercedes Dioecesis Mercedaniana Diócesis de Mercedes | |
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Location | |
Country | Uruguay |
Ecclesiastical province | Montevideo |
Statistics | |
Area | 15,000 km2 (5,800 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 210,000 170,000 (81%) |
Parishes | 16 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 17 December 1960 (62 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B. |
Map | |
The Diocese of Mercedes (Latin : Dioecesis Mercedaniana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic church in Uruguay.
The diocese was erected in 1960, from parts of both the Diocese of Salto and the Diocese of San José de Mayo. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montevideo. Its see is at the Cathedral of Mercedes. [1] [2]
The current bishop is Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, who was appointed in 1995.
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