Archdiocese of Montevideo
Montisvidei
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · Montevideo, Uruguay
The Archdiocese of Montevideo is the sole metropolitan see and primatial church of Uruguay, erected as a diocese in 1878 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1897. It is led by Cardinal Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B., installed in 2014, and its cathedral is dedicated to the Immaculate Conception.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 13 July 1878
- Latin
- Montisvidei
- Patron
- The Immaculate Conception
- Annuario code
- 001002285
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 850,000
- Population
- 1,350,000
- Catholic share
- 63.0%
- Priests
- 213
- Catholics per priest
- 3,991
- Extent
- 540 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 1,574
of the people living within its bounds
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
- Archbishop
- Daniel Sturla
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 Metropolitana de Montevideo stands in Montevideo, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
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
- 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.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].