Diocese of Canelones, Uruguay

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Canelones / Canalopolitan(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Montevideo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1961.11.25: Established as Diocese of Canelones / Canalopolitan(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of San José de Mayo and became suffragan of Montevideo)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.03.19 – ...):

Bishop Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández (69)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay

Ordinaries

Bishops of Canelones (Roman Rite)

Bishop Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández (69)
(2021.03.19 – ...)

Bishop of Canelones (Uruguay)
General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay

Nada es imposible para Dios

Born:	1955.06.15 (Young, Uruguay)
Ordained Priest:	1986.09.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.09.27

Priest of Salto (Uruguay) (1986.09.27 – 2003.06.28)

Titular Bishop of Ampora (2003.06.28 – 2009.06.13)

Auxiliary Bishop of Salto (Uruguay) (2003.06.28 – 2009.06.13)

Bishop of Melo (Uruguay) (2009.06.13 – 2021.03.19)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (2013.01 – 2016.04.01)

Bishop of Canelones (Uruguay) (2021.03.19 – ...)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (2021.11.16 [2022.04.01] – ...)

Bishop Alberto Francisco María Sanguinetti Montero (79)
(2010.02.23 – 2021.03.19)

Bishop emeritus of Canelones (Uruguay)

Amicus sponsi / Anunciaré tu nombre a mis hermanos

Born:	1945.10.10 (Montevideo, Uruguay)
Ordained Priest:	1973.05.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2010.03.20

Priest of Montevideo (Uruguay) (1973.05.18 – 2010.02.23)

Bishop of Canelones (Uruguay) (2010.02.23 – 2021.03.19)

Bishop Orlando Romero Cabrera (91)
(1994.10.25 – 2010.02.23)

Bishop emeritus of Canelones (Uruguay)

Born:	1933.12.21 (Fagina, Uruguay)
Ordained Priest:	1957.12.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1986.07.13

Titular Bishop of Gubaliana (1986.05.26 – 1994.10.25)

Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay) (1986.05.26 – 1994.10.25)

President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (1994 – 1997)

Bishop of Canelones (Uruguay) (1994.10.25 – 2010.02.23)

Bishop Orestes Santiago Nuti Sanguinetti, S.D.B.
(1962.01.02 – 1994.10.25)

Hacia praderas ubérrimas

Born:	1919.10.15 (Uruguay)
Ordained Priest:	1946.12.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1960.08.21
Died:	1999.11.02 († 80)

Bishop of Melo (Uruguay) (1960.07.09 – 1962.01.02)

Bishop of Canelones (Uruguay) (1962.01.02 – 1994.10.25)

President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (1988 – 1991)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone (77) (2002.06.15 – 2022.06.27)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, Canelones, Canelones
World Heritage Site: Iglesia Cristo Obrero y Nuestra Señora de Lourdes, Estación Atlántida, Canelones

Churches by City (33)

San José de Mayo (←), Florida (↑), Maldonado–Punta del Este–Minas (↘), Montevideo (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 4,536 km²

Population: 452,352 Catholics (73.8% of 612,800 total)

Pastoral Centres: 34 parishes

Personnel: 34 priests (19 diocesan, 15 religious), 11 deacons, 98 religious (17 brothers, 81 sisters), 3 seminarians