The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montevideo (Latin: Archidioecesis Montisvidei) is an archdiocese of the Latin Church of the Roman Catholic churchinUruguay.
Archdiocese of Montevideo
Archidioecesis Montisvidei
Arquidiócesis de Montevideo
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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, St. Philip and St. James
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| Location | |
| Country | Uruguay |
| Ecclesiastical province | Montevideo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 540 km2 (210 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 1,350,000 850,000 (63%) |
| Parishes | 77 |
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| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 14 August 1832 (191 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción y San Felipe y Santiago |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B. |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Luis Eduardo González Cedrés |
| Bishops emeritus | Nicolás Cotugno Fanizzi, S.D.B. |
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| Website | |
| www.arquidiocesis.net | |
Erected as the Apostolic VicariateofMontevideobyPope Gregory XVI on 14 August 1832, the vicariate was promoted to the Diocese of Montevideo on 13 July 1878 by Pope Leo XIII. It was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese on 14 April 1897.[1][2]
The new archdiocese became the Metropolitan of the suffragan sees: Canelones, Florida, Maldonado–Punta del Este, Melo, Mercedes, Minas, Salto, San José de Mayo, Tacuarembó.
Montevideo is the only archdiocese in Uruguay and its archbishop is thus seen as leader of the Uruguayan Church. The archdiocese's mother church and thus seat of its archbishop is the Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral.
The current archbishop of Montevideo is Daniel Sturla, SDB, who was installed on 9 March 2014. A year later he was created CardinalbyPope Francis.
The Archdiocese is subdivided into ten Pastoral Zones.
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