Roman Catholic Diocese of Minas

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Diocese of Minas

Dioecesis Fodinensis
Location
Country Uruguay
Ecclesiastical province Montevideo
Statistics
Area16,200 km2 (6,300 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2004)
71,100
50,000 (70.3%)
Parishes10
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established25 June 1960 (61 years ago)
Dissolved2020
Cathedral Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción
Leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop(diocese suppressed)
Map
Uruguay - Diocesi di Minas.png

The Diocese of Minas (Latin : Dioecesis Fodinensis) 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.

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History

The diocese was erected in 1960, and was a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo. This diocese coved the department of Lavalleja and northern portions of the departments of Rocha and Maldonado. Its cathedra was in the Cathedral of Minas. [1] [2]

The final bishop was Jaime Rafael Fuentes, who was appointed in 2010.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Auxiliary bishop

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

See also

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


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