Diocese of Mercedes, Uruguay

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Mercedes / Mercedanian(us) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Montevideo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1960.12.17: Established as Diocese of Mercedes / Mercedanian(us) (Latin) (from Diocese of Salto and Diocese of San José de Mayo and became suffragan of Montevideo)

Contact Info

Address: Wilson Ferreira Aldunate 669, 75000 Mercedes, Uruguay

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.09.26 – ...):

Bishop Luis Eduardo González Cedrés (53)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Mercedes (Roman Rite)

Bishop Luis Eduardo González Cedrés (53)
(2023.09.26 – ...)

Bishop of Mercedes (Uruguay)

Por Cristo, con Él y en Él

Born:	1972.01.15 (Montevideo, Uruguay)
Ordained Priest:	2009.04.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.06.17

Priest of Maldonado–Punta del Este (Uruguay) (2009.04.18 – 2018.05.11)

Titular Bishop of Thugga (2018.05.11 – 2023.09.26)

Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay) (2018.05.11 – 2023.09.26)

Bishop of Mercedes (Uruguay) (2023.09.26 – ...)

Bishop Carlos María Collazzi Irazábal, S.D.B. (77)
(1995.02.14 – 2023.09.26)

Bishop emeritus of Mercedes (Uruguay)

Born:	1947.09.20 (Rosario, Uruguay)
Ordained Priest:	1980.10.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1995.03.26

Bishop of Mercedes (Uruguay) (1995.02.14 – 2023.09.26)

President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (2000 – 2003)

President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (2007.04 – 2013.04.01)

First Vice-President of Latin American Episcopal Council (2015.05.13 – 2019.05.15)

President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (2016.04.01 – 2019.04.01)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (2019.04.01 – 2022.04.01)

Bishop Andrés María Rubio Garcia, S.D.B.
(1975.05.22 – 1995.02.14)

Born:	1924.06.01 (Uruguay)
Ordained Priest:	1949.09.11
Consecrated Bishop:	1968.06.29
Died:	2006.04.19 († 81)

Titular Bishop of Fordongianus (1968.05.18 – 1975.05.22)

Auxiliary Bishop of Montevideo (Uruguay) (1968.05.18 – 1975.05.22)

Bishop of Mercedes (Uruguay) (1975.05.22 – 1995.02.14)

Bishop Enrico Lorenzo Cabrera Urdangarin
(1960.12.31 – 1974.05.23)

Born:	1900.08.10 (Uruguay)
Ordained Priest:	1925.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.02.11
Died:	1974.05.23 († 73)

Bishop of Mercedes (Uruguay) (1960.12.31 – 1974.05.23)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Gottardi Cristelli, S.D.B. (later Archbishop) (1972.03.01 – 1975.05.22)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes, Mercedes, Soriano
Minor Basilica, World Heritage Site (Minor): Basílica do Santíssimo Sacramento, Colonia del Sacramento, Colonia
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (21)

Buenos Aires (↙), San Isidro (↙), Gualeguaychú (←), Salto (↑), San José de Mayo (↘)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 15,000 km²

Population: 182,140 Catholics (81.7% of 222,935 total)

Pastoral Centres: 16 parishes

Personnel: 14 priests (7 diocesan, 7 religious), 15 deacons, 34 religious (7 brothers, 27 sisters), 2 seminarians