Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. V, 1950 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Florida y Melo, Diocese of

FLORIDA Y MELO, DIOCESI DI

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Melo, Diocese of redirects here.

FLORIDA Y MELO, DIOCESE OF. - In Uruguay. It has an area of 81,000 sq km with 500,000 inhabitants; it has 26 parishes served by 21 diocesan priests and 27 regular priests, a seminary, 10 male religious communities and 17 female ones (1949).

The diocese was erected on 14 April 1897 under the name of M., from the city chosen as the episcopal residence, and with the church of St. Raphael as its cathedral. By the apostolic constitution Quo salubrina of 11 August 1931, Pope Pius XI transferred the episcopal see to the city of F., and the diocese took the name of F. y M. The church of St. Raphael in the city of F. was raised to the dignity of cathedral. The diocese is a suffragan of Montevideo.

Bibliography

BIBL.: AAS, 24 (1932), pp. 137-38.

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 1455.

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Josi, Enrico. “Florida Y Melo, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1455. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/florida-y-melo-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Florida Y Melo, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1455. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/florida-y-melo-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Florida Y Melo, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {1455},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/florida-y-melo-diocesi-di}
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