Diocese of Mercedes
Mercedanian(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Mercedes, Uruguay
The Diocese of Mercedes covers the Soriano and Colonia departments of Uruguay and was erected on 17 December 1960. Its cathedral is dedicated to Our Lady of Mercy and the see is led by Bishop Luis Eduardo Gonzalez Cedres.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 December 1960
- Latin
- Mercedanian(us)
- Patron
- Our Lady of Mercy (Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes)
- Annuario code
- 001002226
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 182,140
- Population
- 222,935
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 81.7%
- Priests
- 14
- Catholics per priest
- 13,010
- Extent
- 15,000 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 12
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
- Luis Eduardo González
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 de las Mercedes stands in Mercedes, 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 MeloMelo
- 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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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.