Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacuarembó

Diocese of Tacuarembó
Diocese of Tacuarembó; Dioecesis Tacuarembiana
	Cathedral in Tacuarembó
Location
Country	Uruguay
Ecclesiastical province	Montevideo
Statistics
Area	24,808 km2 (9,578 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2010); 196,000; 98,500 (50.3%)
Parishes	16
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	22 October 1960 (60 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de San Fructuoso
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tacuarembó (Latin: Dioecesis Tacuarembiana) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic church in Uruguay.

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.[1][2] Its see is at the Cathedral of Tacuarembó.

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)

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