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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Montevideo
The Archdiocese of Montevideo () is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic Church in Uruguay. History Erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Montevideo by Pope Gregory XVI on 14 August 1832, the vicariate was promoted to the Diocese of Montevideo on 13 July 1878 by Pope Leo XIII. It was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese on 14 April 1897. The new archdiocese became the Metropolitan of the suffragan sees: Canelones, Florida, Maldonado–Punta del Este, Melo, Mercedes, Minas, Salto, San José de Mayo, Tacuarembó. Montevideo is the only archdiocese in Uruguay and its archbishop is thus seen as leader of the Uruguayan Church. The archdiocese's mother church and thus seat of its archbishop is the Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral. The current archbishop of Montevideo is Daniel Sturla, SDB, who was installed on 9 March 2014. A year later he was created Cardinal by Pope Francis. Organization The Archdiocese is subdivided into ten pastoral zone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately . It has a population of almost 3.5 million people, of whom nearly 2 million live in Montevideo metropolitan area, the metropolitan area of its capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city, Montevideo. The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter gatherer, hunter gatherers 13,000 years ago. The first European explorer to reach the region was Juan Díaz de Solís in 1516, but the area was colonized later than its neighbors. At the time of Spanish colonization of the Americas, European arrival, the Charrúa were the predominant tribe, alongside other groups such as the Guaraní people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Maldonado–Punta Del Este
The Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas () is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic church in Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A .... It was the Diocese of Maldonado-Punta del Este until, on March 2, 2020, the Diocese of Minas was united with it. History The diocese was erected in 1966, from the Diocese of Minas and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montevideo. This diocese covers almost all the Department of Maldonado and the southern half of the Department of Rocha. Its see is at the Cathedral of Maldonado. A previous bishop was Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer, who was appointed in 1985. Bishops See Diocese of Minas, which has since united with this diocese, for bishops affiliated with it. Ordinaries ''Bishops of Maldonado-Punta del Este'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Catholic Churches In Uruguay
This is a list of Catholic churches in Uruguay. Archdiocese of Montevideo The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montevideo is divided into ten Pastoral Zones. Zone 1 * Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, St. Philip and St. James * Parish Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel (Cordón) * Parish Church of St. Francis of Assisi * Parish Church of St. Michael Garicoits (Iglesia de los Vascos) * Parish Church of St. Anthony and St. Clare * Parish Church of Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Vincent Pallotti * Parish Church of St. Joseph and St. Maximilian Kolbe (Conventuales) * Parish Church of the Sacred Heart (Seminario) * Charity Chapel, Maciel Hospital * Shrine of the Resurrected Lord (Tres Cruces) Zone 2 * Parish Church of Our Lady of Mt Carmel (Aguada) * Parish Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (St. Pancras) * Parish Church of Our Lady of the Guard * Parish Church of St Michael Archangel * Parish Church of Saint Antoninus * Parish Church of Our Lady of Bzommar * C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pope Francis
Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until Death and funeral of Pope Francis, his death in 2025. He was the first Jesuit pope, the first Latin American, and the first born or raised outside Europe since the 8th-century Syrian pope Pope Gregory III, Gregory III. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to a family of Italian Argentines, Italian origin, Bergoglio was inspired to join the Jesuits in 1958 after recovering from a severe illness. He was Ordination#Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran and Anglican churches, ordained a Catholic priest in 1969, and from 1973 to 1979 he was the Jesuit provincial superior in Argentina. He became the archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created a Cardinal (Catholic Church), cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II. Following resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, the 2013 pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cardinal (Catholicism)
A cardinal is a senior member of the clergy of the Catholic Church. As titular members of the clergy of the Diocese of Rome, they serve as advisors to the pope, who is the bishop of Rome and the Head of the Church#Catholic Church, visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. Cardinals are chosen and formally created by the pope, and typically hold the title for life. Collectively, they constitute the College of Cardinals. The most solemn responsibility of the cardinals is to elect a new pope in a Papal conclave, conclave, almost always from among themselves, with a few historical exceptions, when the Holy See is Sede vacante#Vacancy of the Holy See, vacant. During the period between a pope's death or resignation and the election of his successor, the day-to-day governance of the Holy See is in the hands of the College of Cardinals. The right to participate in a conclave is limited to cardinals who have not reached the age of 80 years by the day the vacancy occurs. With the pope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salesians Of Don Bosco
The Salesians of Don Bosco (SDB), formally known as the Society of Saint Francis de Sales (), is a religious congregation of men in the Catholic Church, founded in 1859 by the Italian priest John Bosco to help poor and migrant youth during the Industrial Revolution. The congregation was named after Francis de Sales, a 17th-century bishop of Geneva. The Salesians' charter describes the society's mission as "the Christian perfection of its associates obtained by the exercise of spiritual and corporal works of charity towards the young, especially the poor, and the education of boys to the priesthood". Its associated women's institute is the Salesian Sisters of Don Bosco, while the lay movement is the Association of Salesian Cooperators. History In 1845 Don John Bosco (" Don" being a traditional Italian honorific for priest) opened a night school for boys in Valdocco, now part of the municipality of Turin in Italy. In the following years, he opened several more schools, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Sturla
Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, SDB (born 4 July 1959 in Montevideo) is a Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate and the archbishop of Montevideo. Biography Sturla was born at the Italian Hospital of Montevideo on July 4, 1959, the youngest of five siblings. Raised in a middle-class family, he is of Italian and Basque-French descent. His father, a practicing Catholic and a lawyer by profession, had been a member of Catholic Action in his youth, whereas his mother, an agnostic, was brought up in a household with Batllist ideals. Both parents died during Sturla’s adolescence, leaving him in the care of his elder siblings and other relatives. He completed his primary and secondary education at Colegio San Juan Bautista, and his pre-university studies at the John XXIII Institute, run by the Salesians of Don Bosco. After graduating, he enrolled in the Faculty of Law at the University of the Republic. He entered the Salesian novitiate in 1979 and made his first religious profe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mother Church
Mother church or matrice is a term depicting the Christian Church as a mother in her functions of nourishing and protecting the believer. It may also refer to the primary church of a Christian denomination or diocese, i.e. a cathedral church, or the oldest church of a particular locality. For a particular individual, one's mother church is the church in which one received the sacrament of baptism. The term has specific meanings within different Christian traditions. Catholics refer to the Catholic Church as "Holy Mother Church". Church as an organization Primatial local churches The "first see", or primatial see, of a regional or national church is sometimes referred to as the mother church of that nation. For example, Armagh is the primatial see of Ireland, because it was the first established local church in that country. Similarly, Rome is the primatial see of Italy, and Baltimore of the United States, and so on. The first local church in all of Christianity is that of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic Church In Uruguay
The Catholic Church in Uruguay is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the pope. Overview In 2014, Catholics made up a minority of the population at 38%, second to the unaffiliated group, which came in at 41%. There are 9 dioceses and the archdiocese of Montevideo; the ordinaries gather in the Episcopal Conference of Uruguay. The current archbishop is Daniel Sturla, who was appointed on 11 February 2014. The patron saint of Uruguay is Our Lady of the Thirty-Three, venerated at the Cathedral Basilica of Florida. History Evangelization of Uruguay followed Spanish settlement in 1624. Montevideo became a diocese in 1878, after being erected as a Vicarate in 1830. Missionaries followed the reduction pattern of gathering Indians into communities, training them in agriculture, husbandry, and other arts, while forming them in the Faith. The constitution of 1830 made Catholicism the religion of the state and subsidized missions to Indian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Tacuarembó
The Diocese of Tacuarembó () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Uruguay. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province (covering all Uruguay) of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo. History The diocese was created in 1960, from the Diocese of Florida and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montevideo. It covers the Departments of Tacuarembó and Rivera. Its see is at the Cathedral of Tacuarembó. Ordinaries * Carlos Parteli Keller † (3 Nov 1960 Appointed – 26 February 1966 Appointed, Coadjutor Archbishop of Montevideo) * Miguel Balaguer † (26 Feb 1966 Appointed – 28 January 1983 Resigned) * Daniel Gil Zorrilla, S.J. (28 Jan 1983 Appointed – 8 March 1989 Appointed, Bishop of Salto) * Julio César Bonino † (20 Dec 1989 Appointed – 8 August 2017 Died in office) * Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano, (from 19 June 2018) See also * List of churches in the Diocese of Tacuarembó *List of Roman Catholic dioce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of San José De Mayo
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San José de Mayo () is a diocese of the Latin Church of the Catholic church in Uruguay. History The diocese was created in 1955, from territory in the Archdiocese of Montevideo and the Diocese of Salto. It covers the Departments of San José and Flores. The diocese is currently a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montevideo. Its see is at the Cathedral of San José de Mayo. The see of San Jose de Mayo is currently led by Bishop Edgardo Fabián Antúnez-Percíncula Kaenel, S.J., since 30 June 2021. Bishops Ordinaries * Luis Baccino † (20 Dec 1955 Appointed – 5 Jul 1975 Died) * Herbé Seijas † (15 Oct 1975 Appointed – 3 May 1983 Died) * Pablo Jaime Galimberti di Vietri (12 Dec 1983 Appointed – 16 May 2006 Appointed, Bishop of Salto) * Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante (27 Jun 2007 Appointed – 15 Jun 2020, Appointed, Bishop of Salto) *Edgardo Fabián Antúnez-Percíncula Kaenel, S.J. (30 Jun 2021 Appointed – present) Auxiliary bisho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Salto
The Diocese of Salto is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Uruguay. The diocese was erected in 1897. The Diocese of Salto covers four departments: Artigas, Salto, Paysandú, and Río Negro. Its see is at the Cathedral of Salto. The Diocese of Salto is a suffragan diocese of the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo. The current bishop is Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante, who was appointed on 15 June 2020, transferring him from the Diocese of San José de Mayo. Bishops ;Ordinaries * Tomás Gregorio Camacho † (3 Jul 1919 Appointed – 20 May 1940 Died) * Alfredo Viola † (20 May 1940 Succeeded – 1 Jan 1968 Resigned) * Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies † (1 Jan 1968 Succeeded – 8 Mar 1989 Retired) * Daniel Gil Zorrilla, S.J. † (8 Mar 1989 Appointed – 16 May 2006 Retired) * Pablo Jaime Galimberti di Vietri (16 May 2006 Appointed – 24 Jul 2018 Retired) * Fernando Miguel Gil Eisner † (24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
