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Suffragan diocese Tacuarembó, Uruguay

Diocese of Tacuarembó

Tacuarembian(us)

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.

On the map

Esri
Tacuarembó, Uruguay, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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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.

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.