The Diocese of Canelones (Latin: Dioecesis Canalopolitana) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic church in Uruguay. The diocese was erected in 1961, and is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo. Its episcopal see is the Cathedral of Canelones.
The current and fourth bishop of Canelones is Bishop Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández, who was appointed by Pope Francis, on 19 March 2021. Bishop Fernández is assisted by the auxiliary bishop of Canelones, Auxiliary Bishop Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone, Titular Bishop of Benepota. The bishops emeritus are Orlando Romero Cabrera and Alberto Francisco María Sanguinetti Montero; the first bishop, Bishop Emeritus Nuti, died on November 2, 1999, having served from 1962 to 1994.[1]
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Orestes Santiago Nuti Sanguinetti, S.D.B. † (2 Jan 1962 – 25 Oct 1994 Retired)
- Orlando Romero Cabrera (25 Oct 1994 – 23 Feb 2010 Retired)
- Alberto Francisco María Sanguinetti Montero (23 Feb 2010 – 19 Mar 2021 Retired)
- Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández (19 Mar 2021 – present)
Auxiliary bishop
- Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone (2002-)
See also
References
- ^ "Diocese of Canelones". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
External links
- Official website Archived 2016-08-09 at the Wayback Machine
- "Diocese of Canelones". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
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