Diocese of

San José de Mayo

Uruguay

Continent: South America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: San José de Mayo / Sancti Iosephi in Uraquaria (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Montevideo

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1955.11.15: Established as Diocese of San José de Mayo / Sancti Iosephi in Uraquaria (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo and Diocese of Salto and became suffragan of Montevideo)
1960.12.17: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Mercedes
1961.11.25: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Canelones

Present Prelates

Bishop (2021.06.30 – ...):

Bishop Edgardo Fabián Antúnez-Percíncula Kaenel, S.J. (54)

Ordinaries

Bishops of San José de Mayo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Edgardo Fabián Antúnez-Percíncula Kaenel, S.J. (54)
(2021.06.30 – ...)

Bishop of San José de Mayo (Uruguay)

Born:	1969.05.15 (Resistencia, Argentina)
Ordained Priest:	2006.07.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2021.08.22

Bishop of San José de Mayo (Uruguay) (2021.06.30 – ...)

Bishop Arturo Eduardo Fajardo Bustamante (62)
(2007.06.27 – 2020.06.15)

Bishop of Salto (Uruguay)
President of Episcopal Conference of 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 – ...)

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

Bishop Pablo Jaime Galimberti di Vietri (82)
(1983.12.12 – 2006.05.16)

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 Herbé Seijas
(1975.10.15 – 1983.05.03)

Me debo a todos

Born:	1930.03.04 (Uruguay)
Ordained Priest:	1956.10.10
Consecrated Bishop:	1975.08.17
Died:	1983.05.03 († 53)

Titular Bishop of Tigisi in Mauretania (1975.07.02 – 1975.10.15)

Auxiliary Bishop of San José de Mayo (Uruguay) (1975.07.02 – 1975.10.15)

Bishop of San José de Mayo (Uruguay) (1975.10.15 – 1983.05.03)

Bishop Luis Baccino
(1955.12.20 – 1975.07.05)

La caridad de Cristo nos urge

Born:	1905.04.30 (Uruguay)
Ordained Priest:	1928.10.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1956.03.11
Died:	1975.07.05 († 70)

Bishop of San José de Mayo (Uruguay) (1955.12.20 – 1975.07.05)

President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (1972 – 1975)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Herbé Seijas (1975.07.02 – 1975.10.15)

Special Churches

Cathedral, Minor Basilica, National Shrine: Catedral Basílica de San José de Mayo, San José de Mayo, San José
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Churches by City (13)

Mercedes (↖), Salto (↑), Florida (↗), Canelones (→), Montevideo (↘)

Statistics (2021.12.31)

Area: 10,136 km²

Population: 86,400 Catholics (56.7% of 152,500 total)

Pastoral Centres: 13 parishes

Personnel: 20 priests (14 diocesan, 6 religious), 3 deacons, 26 religious (11 brothers, 15 sisters), 3 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2024.04.30

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