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Diocese of Melo
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The Diocese of Melo covers the Cerro Largo and Treinta y Tres departments of Uruguay and was erected in 1955. It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montevideo and is led by Bishop Pablo Alfonso Jourdan Alvariza, appointed in 2021. No standalone official diocesan website was found; the see is presented via the Conferencia Episcopal del Uruguay.
- Bishop
- Pablo Alfonso Jourdán Alvariza
- Latin name
- Melen(sis)
- Erected
- 14 April 1897 (origins 1955)
- Cathedral
- Catedral Nuestra Senora del Pilar y San Rafael
- Patron
- Our Lady of the Pillar and Saint Raphael
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Montevideo (Archdiocese of Montevideo)
- Catholics
- 110,000
- Chancery
- Obispado, Avda. Brasil 829, 37000 Melo, Dpto. de Cerro Largo, Uruguay
- Telephone
- Tel. e fax [0464]22.386
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Bagé BR 117 km
- Diocese of Tacuarembó 127 km
- Diocese of América Latina e México 182 km
- Diocese of Pelotas BR 187 km
- Diocese of Florida 270 km
- Diocese of Cachoeira do Sul BR 286 km
Parishes near the see
- Jesús Buen Pastor · Melo 1 km
- Nuestra Señora del Carmen · Melo 1 km
- San José Obrero · Melo 1 km
- Santo Domingo Savio y San Carlos Borromeo · Melo 1 km
- Santísimo Redentor · Fraile Muerto 38 km
- Cristo Rey · Aceguá 56 km
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Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002217 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08