Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacuarembó

Diocese of Tacuarembó Dioecesis Tacuarembiana Diócesis de Tacuarembó
Cathedral in Tacuarembó
Location
Country	Uruguay
Ecclesiastical province	Montevideo
Statistics
Area	24,808 km2 (9,578 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2010) 196,000 98,500 (50.3%)
Parishes	16
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	22 October 1960 (64 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de San Fructuoso
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano
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The Diocese of Tacuarembó (Latin: Dioecesis Tacuarembiana) 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 dioceses in Uruguay