Loading the diocese…
Diocese of Salto
loading…
Published by Catholic Social Ventures · compiled from public diocesan records · exported …
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.
- Bishop
- Arturo Fajardo
- Latin name
- Salten(sis) in Uruguay
- Erected
- 14 April 1897
- Cathedral
- Catedral de San Juan Bautista
- Patron
- St. John the Baptist
- Rank
- Suffragan Diocese
- Rite
- Latin
- Province
- Montevideo (Archdiocese of Montevideo)
- Catholics
- 288,000
- Chancery
- Obispado, 25 de Agosto 71, 50000 Salto, Uruguay
- Telephone
- Tel. e fax [0473]32.574
- [email protected]
Contact as printed in the Annuario Pontificio.
Neighbouring dioceses
- Diocese of Concordia AR 5 km
- Diocese of Gualeguaychú AR 187 km
- Diocese of Paraná AR 191 km
- Diocese of Uruguaiana BR 200 km
- Diocese of Mercedes 207 km
- Diocese of América Latina e México 246 km
Parishes near the see
- Nuestra Señora del Carmen · Salto <1 km
- Sagrado Corazón de Jesús · Salto <1 km
- Santa Cruz · Salto <1 km
- Santa Teresita del Niño Jesús · Quebracho 61 km
- San José · Pueblo Lavalleja 95 km
- Nuestra Señora del Rosario y San Benito de Palermo · Paysandú 104 km
Official diocesan website →Wikipedia →Map →Linked data →
Sources: wikidata-p488 · Annuario code 001002856 · ontology v0.3.2 · updated 2026-06-08