Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio (born 3 March 1964 in
Montevideo
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) is a Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate.
He attended seminary at El Seminario Mayor de Montevideo, studying theology and philosophy. He was ordained as a priest in 1988 by Pope
John Paul II
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In his you ...
, on the occasion of his second visit to Uruguay. On 27 November 2009 he was appointed
titular bishop
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By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of
Munatiana and
Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo.
[ ] On 8 July 2018, he was appointed
Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este, and the see changed to Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas on 2 March 2020 when the
diocese of Minas was joined to it.
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1964 births
Uruguayan people of Italian descent
Clergy from Montevideo
Bishops appointed by Pope Benedict XVI
Uruguayan Roman Catholic bishops
Living people
Roman Catholic bishops of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas
Roman Catholic bishops of Montevideo
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