Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer is a

Uruguayan Uruguayans () are people identified with the country of Uruguay, through citizenship or descent. Uruguay is home to people of different ethnic origins. As a result, many Uruguayans do not equate their nationality with ethnicity, but with citizen ...

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cleric.He was born 19 April 1942 in Schwarzrheindorf near

Bonn Bonn () is a federal city in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, located on the banks of the Rhine. With a population exceeding 300,000, it lies about south-southeast of Cologne, in the southernmost part of the Rhine-Ruhr region. This ...

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). Ordained 21 December 1968, he was appointed Bishop of Maldonado on 9 November 1985. He retired on 15 June 2018. Since 2013 he has presided over the Episcopal Conference of Uruguay.

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* 1942 births Clergy from Bonn German emigrants to Uruguay Bishops appointed by Pope John Paul II 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Uruguay 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in Uruguay Living people German Roman Catholic bishops in South America Roman Catholic bishops of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas {{Uruguay-RC-bishop-stub