Suffragan diocese Tacuarembó, Uruguay
Diocese of Tacuarembó
Tacuarembian(us)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Tacuarembo covers the Tacuarembo and Rivera departments of northern Uruguay and was erected in 1960. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montevideo and is led by Bishop Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano, appointed in 2018. No standalone official diocesan website was found; the see is presented via the Conferencia Episcopal del Uruguay.
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- Established
- 1960
- Catholics
- 98,500
- Priests
- 20
- Territory
- 24,808 km²
Parishes and churches
15 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- San FructuosoTacuarembó · CathedralView parish
- Inmaculada ConcepciónRiveraView parish
- María AuxiliadoraVichaderoView parish
- Nuestra Señora de LourdesTacuarembóView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenSan Gregorio de PolancoView parish
- Sagrado CorazónRiveraView parish
- Sagrado CorazónTranquerasView parish
- San JoséTacuarembóView parish
- San José ObreroAcharView parish
- San Juan BoscoVilla AnsinaView parish
- San PedroRiveraView parish
- Santa CruzTacuarembóView parish
- Santa Isabel de PortugalPaso de los TorosView parish
- Santo Domingo de GuzmánRiveraView parish
- Santísimo Sacramento y Santa TeresitaLas Toscas de CaraguatáView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano
- Born
- 21 September 1938
- Birthplace
- Sesto San Giovanni
- Institute
- SOCIETÀ SALESIANA DI S. GIOVANNI BOSCO (SALESIANI) (S.D.B.)
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The cathedral
Catedral de San Fructuoso stands in Tacuarembó, 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
In Uruguay, the Diocese of Tacuarembó (Latin: Dioecesis Tacuarembiana) is a Latin Church territory of the Catholic Church, serving as a suffragan diocese within the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo, a province that covers the whole country.