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Suffragan diocese Melo, Uruguay

Diocese of Melo

Melen(sis)

Latin Church

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.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Nuestra Senora del Pilar y San Rafael, in Melo, Uruguay.

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Established
1955
Catholics
110,000
Priests
12
Territory
25,000 km²

Parishes and churches

16 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
Pablo Alfonso Jourdán Alvariza
Born
23 January 1964
Birthplace
Montevideo

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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.

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