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Suffragan diocese Salto, Uruguay

Diocese of Salto

Salten(sis) in Uruguay

Latin Church

The Diocese of Salto covers the Artigas, Salto, Paysandu and Rio Negro departments of northwestern Uruguay and was erected in 1897. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montevideo and is led by Bishop Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante, appointed in 2020.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Catedral de San Juan Bautista, in Salto, Uruguay.

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Established
1897
Catholics
288,000
Priests
28
Territory
49,295 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
Arturo Fajardo

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The cathedral

Catedral de San Juan Bautista stands in Salto, 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

Since its erection in 1897, the Diocese of Salto has served as a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church in Uruguay, taking in four departments: Artigas, Salto, Paysandú, and Río Negro. Its see rests at the Cathedral of Salto, and it stands as a suffragan of the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo. Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante, transferred from the Diocese of San José de Mayo by appointment on 15 June 2020, is the current bishop.