Diocese of

Salto

Uruguay

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Salto / Salten(sis) in Uruguay (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Montevideo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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Celebrations

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History

1897.04.14: Established as Diocese of Salto / Salten(sis) in Uruguay (Latin) (from Diocese of Montevideo and became suffragan of Montevideo)
1955.11.15: Lost territory to establish Diocese of San José de Mayo
1960.12.17: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Mercedes

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1988.05)

Present Prelates

Bishop (2020.06.15 – ...):

Bishop Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante (63)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Salto (Roman Rite)

Bishop Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante (63)
(2020.06.15 – ...)

Bishop of Salto (Uruguay)

Servidor de vuestra alegría

Born:	1961.07.17 (Aiguá, Uruguay)
Ordained Priest:	1988.05.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2007.09.08

Priest of Minas (Uruguay) (1988.05.08 – 2007.06.27)

Bishop of San José de Mayo (Uruguay) (2007.06.27 – 2020.06.15)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (2009 – 2013.04.01)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (2013.04.01 – 2019.04.01)

President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (2019.04.01 – 2025.04.04)

Bishop of Salto (Uruguay) (2020.06.15 – ...)

Bishop Fernando Miguel Gil Eisner
(2018.07.24 – 2020.01.17)

Born:	1953.05.08 (Montevideo, Uruguay)
Ordained Priest:	1983.03.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2018.09.23
Died:	2020.01.17 (Salto, Uruguay † 66)

Priest of Morón (Argentina) (1983.03.25 – 2018.07.24)

Bishop of Salto (Uruguay) (2018.07.24 – 2020.01.17)

Bishop Pablo Jaime Galimberti di Vietri (83)
(2006.05.16 – 2018.07.24)

Bishop emeritus of Salto (Uruguay)

Mi fuerza en la debilidad

Born:	1941.05.08 (Montevideo, Uruguay)
Ordained Priest:	1971.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.03.18

Bishop of San José de Mayo (Uruguay) (1983.12.12 – 2006.05.16)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (1998 – 2000)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (2000 – 2003)

President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (2003 – 2007.04)

Bishop of Salto (Uruguay) (2006.05.16 – 2018.07.24)

Bishop Daniel Gil Zorrilla, S.J.
(1989.03.08 – 2006.05.16)

Dar y comunicar

Born:	1930.07.10 (Uruguay)
Ordained Priest:	1964.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1983.04.10
Died:	2008.09.07 († 78)

Bishop of Tacuarembó (Uruguay) (1983.01.28 – 1989.03.08)

Bishop of Salto (Uruguay) (1989.03.08 – 2006.05.16)

Bishop Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies
(1968.01.01 – 1989.03.08)

A Jesús por María

Born:	1914.05.02 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1945.07.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1959.05.18
Died:	2007.06.12 († 93)

Titular Bishop of Zerta (1959.02.03 – 1968.01.01)

Coadjutor Bishop of Salto (Uruguay) (1959.02.03 – 1968.01.01)

Bishop of Salto (Uruguay) (1968.01.01 – 1989.03.08)

Bishop Alfredo Viola
(1940.05.20 – 1968.01.01)

Evangelizare pauperibus misit me

Born:	1893.03.25 (Uruguay)
Ordained Priest:	1916.04.22
Consecrated Bishop:	1936.08.23
Died:	1972.08.11 († 79)

Titular Bishop of Bitylius (1936.07.25 – 1940.05.20)

Coadjutor Bishop of Salto (Uruguay) (1936.07.25 – 1940.05.20)

Bishop of Salto (Uruguay) (1940.05.20 – 1968.01.01)

President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (1966 – 1967)

Titular Bishop of Badiæ (1968.01.01 – 1970.11.28)

Bishop Tomás Gregorio Camacho
(1919.07.03 – 1940.05.20)

Born:	1868.02.16 (Uruguay)
Ordained Priest:	1891.08.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1919.11.09
Died:	1940.05.20 († 72)

Bishop of Salto (Uruguay) (1919.07.03 – 1940.05.20)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Carlos Alberto Nicolini (1984.12.29 – 1988.06.19)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Marcelo Mendiharat Pommies (1959.02.03 – 1968.01.01)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Alfredo Viola (1936.07.25 – 1940.05.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández (69) (2003.06.28 – 2009.06.13)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Carlos Alberto Nicolini (1977.10.28 – 1984.12.29)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José Maria Cavallero Gómez (1952.07.16 – 1955.12.20)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica: Basílica Catedral San Juan Bautista, Salto, Salto
Minor Basilica: Basílica Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Paysandú, Paysandú
Jubilee Churches in the Holy Year 2025

Churches by City (21)

Gualeguaychú (↙), Concordia (←), Goya (↖), Uruguaiana (↗), Tacuarembó (→), Florida (↘), San José de Mayo (↘), Mercedes (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 49,295 km²

Population: 301,190 Catholics (80.6% of 373,800 total)

Pastoral Centres: 16 parishes, 231 missions

Personnel: 26 priests (11 diocesan, 15 religious), 9 deacons, 52 religious (18 brothers, 34 sisters), 6 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2025.04.14

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