Roman Catholic Diocese of Minas

Diocese of Minas Dioecesis Fodinensis
Location
Country	Uruguay
Ecclesiastical province	Montevideo
Statistics
Area	16,200 km2 (6,300 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 71,100 50,000 (70.3%)
Parishes	10
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	25 June 1960 (64 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Jaime Rafael Fuentes
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Minas (Template:Lang-la) is a diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic church in Uruguay.

History

The diocese was erected in 1960, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montevideo. This diocese covers the Department of Lavalleja and northern portions of the Departments of Rocha and Maldonado. Its see is at the Cathedral of Minas.

The current bishop is Jaime Rafael Fuentes, who was appointed in 2010.

Bishops

Ordinaries

• José Maria Cavallero † (9 Jul 1960 appointed – 29 May 1963 died)
• Edmondo Quaglia Martínez † (29 May 1964 appointed – 12 Jul 1976 died)
• Carlos Arturo Mullín Nocetti, S.J. † (3 Nov 1977 Appointed – 17 Mar 1985 Died)
• Victor Gil Lechoza † (9 Nov 1985 appointed – 21 Jun 2001 died)
• Rodolfo Wirz, as Apostolic administrator (June 2001 – March 2004)
• Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira † (6 Mar 2004 appointed – 1 Jul 2009 resigned)
• Rodolfo Wirz, as Apostolic administrator (July 2009 – October 2010)
• Jaime Rafael Fuentes (16 Oct 2010 appointed – present)

Auxiliary bishop

• Carlos Arturo Mullín Nocetti, S.J. † (1972-1977), appointed Bishop here

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

• Pablo Alfonso Jourdán Alvariza, appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo in 2018

See also

• List of churches in the Diocese of Minas
• List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Uruguay