Diocese of Salto

Dioecesis Saltensis in Uruguay

Diócesis de Salto
Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
Location
CountryUruguay
Ecclesiastical provinceMontevideo
Statistics
Area49,295 km2 (19,033 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
379,595
288,000 (75.9%)
Parishes16
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established14 April 1897 (126 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de San Juan Bautista
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopArturo Fajardo
Bishops emeritusPablo Jaime Galimberti di Vietri
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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.[1][2] 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
Auxiliary and co-adjutor bishops
  • Alfredo Viola † (co-adjutor, 25 July 1936 – 20 May 1940)
  • José María Cavallero † (auxiliary, 16 July 1952 – 20 December 1955), appointed Bishop of Melo
  • Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies † (co-adjutor, 3 February 1959 – 1 January 1968)
  • Carlos Alberto Nicolini † (auxiliary, since 28 October 1977; co-adjutor, 29 December 1984 – 19 June 1988), died without succeeding to see
  • Heriberto Bodeant (auxiliary, 28 June 2003 – 13 June 2009), appointed Bishop of Melo
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

See also

  1. "Diocese of Salto". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
  2. "Diocese of Salto". GCatholic.org. Retrieved 2013-04-18.


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