Diocese of Florida
Floriden(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Florida, Uruguay
The Diocese of Florida covers the Florida and Durazno departments of Uruguay and was erected in 1931 (originally as Florida-Melo). Its cathedral is the national sanctuary of Our Lady of the Thirty-Three, patroness of Uruguay, and Bishop Alfonso Maria Bauer Ormazabal, S.D.B., was appointed in March 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1931
- Latin
- Floriden(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Thirty-Three (patroness of Uruguay)
- Annuario code
- 001001422
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 91,000
- Population
- 123,800
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 73.5%
- Priests
- 20
- Catholics per priest
- 4,550
- Extent
- 22,600 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.0
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Alfonso María Bauer Ormazábal
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral Basilica Santuario de la Virgen de los Treinta y Tres stands in Florida, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Montevideo
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Montevideo.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of CanelonesCanelones
- Diocese of Maldonado–Punta del Este–MinasMaldonado–Punta del Este–Minas
- Diocese of MeloMelo
- Diocese of MercedesMercedes
- Archdiocese of MontevideoMontevideo
- Diocese of SaltoSalto
- Diocese of San José de MayoSan José de Mayo
- Diocese of TacuarembóTacuarembó
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In southern Uruguay, the Diocese of Florida (Latin: Dioecesis Floridensis) is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church, a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo, which covers all of Uruguay. Its cathedra rests in a minor basilica, the Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Luján, dedicated to Our Lady of Luján. Alfonso María Bauer Ormazábal, appointed in March 2026, is the current bishop.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.