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Metropolitan see Montevideo, Uruguay

Archdiocese of Montevideo

Montisvidei

Latin Church

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.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral Metropolitana de Montevideo, in Montevideo, Uruguay.

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Established
1878
Catholics
850,000
Priests
213
Territory
540 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Daniel Sturla

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The cathedral

Catedral Metropolitana de Montevideo stands in Montevideo, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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