Diocese of Tacuarembó
Tacuarembian(us)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Tacuarembó, Uruguay
The Diocese of Tacuarembo covers the Tacuarembo and Rivera departments of northern Uruguay and was erected in 1960. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montevideo and is led by Bishop Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano, appointed in 2018. 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
- 22 October 1960
- Latin
- Tacuarembian(us)
- Patron
- Saint Fructuosus (San Fructuoso)
- Annuario code
- 001003148
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 98,500
- Population
- 196,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 50.3%
- Priests
- 20
- Catholics per priest
- 4,925
- Extent
- 24,808 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
- Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano
- Born
- 21 September 1938
- Birthplace
- Sesto San Giovanni
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI S. GIOVANNI BOSCO (SALESIANI) (S.D.B.)
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 de San Fructuoso stands in Tacuarembó, 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
- Diocese of MercedesMercedes
- Archdiocese of MontevideoMontevideo
- Diocese of SaltoSalto
- Diocese of San José de MayoSan José de Mayo
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
History
In Uruguay, the Diocese of Tacuarembó (Latin: Dioecesis Tacuarembiana) is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church, serving as a suffragan diocese within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo, a province that covers the whole country.
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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.