Diocese of Florida Dioecesis Floridensis Diócesis de Florida | |
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Location | |
Country | Uruguay |
Ecclesiastical province | Montevideo |
Statistics | |
Area | 22,600 km2 (8,700 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 123,800 91,000 (73.5%) |
Parishes | 16 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 14 April 1897 (127 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Basílica Santuario de la Virgen de los Treinta y Tres |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Martín Pablo Pérez Scremini |
Map | |
The Diocese of Florida (Latin: Dioecesis Floridensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in southern Uruguay. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province (covering all Uruguay) of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Montevideo.
Its cathedra is a minor basilica, the Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Luján, dedicated to Our Lady of Luján.
The current bishop, Martín Pablo Pérez Scremini, was appointed in March 2008.