Roman Catholic Diocese of Florida
The Diocese of Florida is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in southern Uruguay. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province 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.
History
- Established on 1931.08.11 as Diocese of Florida–Melo / Floriden–Melen, on territory split off from the suppressed Diocese of Melo
- Renamed on 1955.11.15 as Diocese of Florida / Floriden, having lost territory to establish a Diocese of Melo.
- Lost territory on 1960.10.22 to establish the Diocese of Tacuarembó.
- Enjoyed a Papal visit by Pope John Paul II in May 1988.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 91,500 Catholics on 22,600 km² in 17 parishes and 72 missions with 29 priests, 5 deacons, 70 lay religious, and 1 seminarian.Episcopal ordinaries
;Suffragan Bishop of Florida–Melo- Miguel Paternain, Redemptorists, previously Bishop of mother see Melo
- Miguel Paternain, Redemptorists, emeritate first as Titular Bishop of Mades, then 'promoted' Titular Archbishop of Acrida
- Humberto Tonna Zanotta, also President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay ; died 1994
- Raúl Horacio Scarrone Carrero, also President of Episcopal Conference of Uruguay ; previously Titular Bishop of Ulpiana as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Montevideo
- Martín Pablo Pérez Scremini, previously Titular Bishop of Vazari as Auxiliary Bishop of Archdiocese of Montevideo .