Diocese of Melo
Melen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Melo, Uruguay
The Diocese of Melo covers the Cerro Largo and Treinta y Tres departments of Uruguay and was erected in 1955. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montevideo and is led by Bishop Pablo Alfonso Jourdan Alvariza, appointed in 2021. No standalone official diocesan website was found; the see is presented via the Conferencia Episcopal del Uruguay.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 14 April 1897
- Latin
- Melen(sis)
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Pillar and Saint Raphael
- Annuario code
- 001002217
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 110,000
- Population
- 150,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 73.3%
- Priests
- 12
- Catholics per priest
- 9,167
- Extent
- 25,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 4.4
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
- Pablo Alfonso Jourdán Alvariza
- Born
- 23 January 1964
- Birthplace
- Montevideo
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 Nuestra Senora del Pilar y San Rafael stands in Melo, 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 FloridaFlorida
- Diocese of Maldonado–Punta del Este–MinasMaldonado–Punta del Este–Minas
- 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.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.