Diocese of Melo
The Diocese of Melo is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese Catholic church in Uruguay.
History
The diocese was erected in 1955, split off from the former diocese of Florida-Melo, and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Montevideo. Its see is at the Cathedral of Melo.The current bishop is Pablo Alfonso Jourdán Alvariza, who was appointed in 2021.
Ordinaries
- José Maria Cavallero †
- Orestes Santiago Nuti Sanguinetti, S.D.B. †
- Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González †
- Nicolás Cotugno Fanizzi, S.D.B.
- Luis del Castillo Estrada, S.J.
- Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández
- Pablo Alfonso Jourdán Alvariza