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Diocese of Tacuarembó

Dioecesis Tacuarembiana



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 22 October 1960
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Montevideo
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Uruguay
  • Square Kilometers: 24,804 (9,580 Square Miles)
  • Description: Departamentos de Tacuarembó and Rivera
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Calle Joaquin Suarez 235, 45000 Tacuarembo, Uruguay
  • Telephone: (0463)23.529
  • Fax: 28.038

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
22 October 1960ErectedDiocese of Florida (Taquarembó and Rivera) Diocese of Tacuarembó (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
196695,000154,90561.3%1415293,27598113ap1967
1968154,905.0%1512270168514ap1971
1976198,660220,73390.0%1320336,020237615ap1977
1980152,600170,90089.3%1114256,104207115ap1981
1990148,750175,00085.0%1211236,4671124815ap1991
1999127,545182,90069.7%1215274,7238214916ap2000
2000125,870179,81470.0%1214264,8417194916ap2001
2001125,870183,81468.5%1014245,2447205216ap2002
2002125,870183,81468.5%1014245,2447205116ap2003
2003125,875183,81468.5%1310235,4727164616ap2004
2004126,567183,41469.0%1211235,5028154616ap2005
201098,500196,00050.3%1111224,4778164416ap2011
201499,900198,80050.3%119204,9958123516ap2015
2017101,055201,00050.3%1011214,8125153316ap2018
202097,600194,20050.3%811195,1364142416ap2021

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 53, Page 472, to Page 474

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