Archdiocese of Montevideo
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Archdiocese of Montevideo Archidioecesis Montisvidei |
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Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, St. Philip and St. James
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| Location | |
| Country | Uruguay |
| Ecclesiastical province | Montevideo |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 540 km2 (210 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2004) 1,350,000 850,000 (63%) |
| Parishes | 77 |
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| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 14 August 1832 (185 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción y San Felipe y Santiago |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Daniel Fernando Sturla Berhouet, S.D.B. |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio |
| Emeritus Bishops | Nicolás Cotugno Fanizzi, S.D.B. |
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| Website | |
| www.arquidiocesis.net | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Montevideo (Latin: Archidioecesis Montisvidei) is an archdiocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Uruguay.
Erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Montevideo by Pope Gregory XVI on 14 August 1832, the vicariate was promoted to the Diocese of Montevideo on 13 July 1878 by Pope Leo XIII. It was elevated to the rank of a metropolitan archdiocese on 14 April 1897.
The new archdiocese became the Metropolitan of the suffragan sees: Canelones, Florida, Maldonado–Punta del Este, Melo, Mercedes, Minas, Salto, San José de Mayo, Tacuarembó.
Montevideo is the only archdiocese in Uruguay and its archbishop is thus seen as leader of the Uruguayan Church. The archdiocese's mother church and thus seat of its archbishop is the Montevideo Metropolitan Cathedral.
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