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Suffragan diocese Canelones, Uruguay

Diocese of Canelones

Canalopolitan(us)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Canelones is a Latin Church diocese in Uruguay covering the Canelones Department, erected in 1961. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montevideo and is led by Bishop Heriberto Andres Bodeant Fernandez, appointed in 2021.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, in Canelones, Uruguay.

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Established
1961
Catholics
337,000
Priests
34
Territory
4,532 km²

Parishes and churches

36 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.

The bishop

Bishop
Heriberto Bodeant

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The cathedral

Catedral Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe stands in Canelones, 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.

History

Erected in 1961, the Diocese of Canelones (Latin: Dioecesis Canalopolitana) is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic church in Uruguay, a suffragan within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo. The Cathedral of Canelones serves as its episcopal see. Bishop Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández, appointed by Pope Francis on 19 March 2021, is its current and fourth bishop.