Roman Catholic Diocese of Mercedes

Diocese of Mercedes
Diocese of Mercedes ; Dioecesis Mercedanianus
Location
Country	Uruguay
Ecclesiastical province	Montevideo
Statistics
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Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2004); 210,000; 170,000 (81%)
Parishes	16
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	17 December 1960 (63 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B.
Map
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Mercedes (Latin: Dioecesis Mercedanianus) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Catholic church in Uruguay.

History

The diocese was erected in 1960, from parts of both the Diocese of Salto and the Diocese of San José de Mayo. The diocese is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montevideo. Its see is at the Cathedral of Mercedes.^[1]^[2]

The current bishop is Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, who was appointed in 1995.

Enrico Lorenzo Cabrera Urdangarin † (31 Dec 1960 Appointed - 23 May 1974 Died)
Andrés María Rubio Garcia, S.D.B. † (22 May 1975 Appointed - 14 Feb 1995 Resigned)
Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B. (14 Feb 1995 Appointed - )

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