Diocese of

Maldonado–Punta del Este–Minas

Uruguay

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Maldonado–Punta del Este–Minas (español) / Maldonaden(sis)–Orientalis Oræ–Fodinen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Montevideo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1966.01.10: Established as Diocese of Maldonado–Punta del Este (español) / Maldonaden(sis)–Orientalis Oræ (Latin) (from Diocese of Minas and became suffragan of Montevideo)
2020.03.02: Renamed as Diocese of Maldonado–Punta del Este–Minas (español) / Maldonaden(sis)–Orientalis Oræ–Fodinen(sis) (Latin) (gained territory from the suppressed Diocese of Minas)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.03.02 – ...):

Bishop Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio (61)

President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay

Ordinaries

Bishops of Maldonado–Punta del Este–Minas (Roman Rite)

Bishop Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio (61)
(2020.03.02 – ...)

Bishop of Maldonado–Punta del Este–Minas (Uruguay)
President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay

Nos apremia el Amor de Cristo

Born:	1964.03.03 (Montevideo, Uruguay)
Ordained Priest:	1988.05.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2009.12.20

Priest of Montevideo (Uruguay) (1988.05.08 – 2009.11.27)

Titular Bishop of Munatiana (2009.11.27 – 2018.06.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay) (2009.11.27 – 2018.06.15)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (2016.04.01 – 2022.04.01)

Bishop of Maldonado–Punta del Este (Uruguay) (2018.06.15 – 2020.03.02)

Bishop of Maldonado–Punta del Este–Minas (Uruguay) (2020.03.02 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (2025.04.04 – ...)

Bishops of Maldonado–Punta del Este (Roman Rite)

Bishop Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio (61)
(2018.06.15 – 2020.03.02)

(see above)

Bishop Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer
(1985.11.09 – 2018.06.15)

Crean en la buena nueva

Born:	1942.04.19 (Schwarz-Rheindorf, Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1968.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1985.12.21
Died:	2025.12.09 (Montevideo, Uruguay † 83)

Priest of Montevideo (Uruguay) (1968.12.21 – 1985.11.09)

Bishop of Maldonado–Punta del Este (Uruguay) (1985.11.09 – 2018.06.15)

Apostolic Administrator of Minas (Uruguay) (2001.06 – 2004.03.06)

Apostolic Administrator of Minas (Uruguay) (2009.07.01 – 2010.10.16)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (2010 – 2012)

President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (2013.04.01 – 2016.04.01)

Bishop Antonio Corso
(1966.02.26 – 1985.03.25)

Born:	1916.04.01 (San Ramón, Uruguay)
Ordained Priest:	1939.10.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.10.28
Died:	1985.03.25 (Maldonado, Uruguay † 68)

Apostolic Administrator sede plena of Montevideo (Uruguay) (1946 – 1966.02.26)

Titular Bishop of Moglæna (1958.07.30 – 1966.02.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay) (1958.07.30 – 1966.02.26)

Bishop of Maldonado–Punta del Este (Uruguay) (1966.02.26 – 1985.03.25)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Fernando, Maldonado, Maldonado
Co-Cathedral: Concatedral Nuestra Señora Inmaculada Concepción, Minas, Lavalleja
National Shrine: Santuario Nacional de la Virgen del Verdún, Verdún, Lavalleja
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Churches by City (28)

Canelones (←), Florida (←), Melo (↑), Rio Grande (↗)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 25,360 km²

Population: 167,550 Catholics (56.0% of 298,980 total)

Pastoral Centres: 25 parishes, 78 missions

Personnel: 29 priests (19 diocesan, 10 religious), 11 deacons, 27 religious (18 brothers, 9 sisters), 2 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.12.12

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