Roman Catholic Diocese of Canelones

Diocese of Canelones

*Dioecesis Canalopolitana*

*Diócesis de Canelones*
Diocese of Canelones; Dioecesis Canalopolitana; Diócesis de Canelones
	Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Location
Country	Uruguay
Ecclesiastical province	Montevideo
Statistics
Area	4,532 km2 (1,750 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2006); 450,000; 337,000 (74.9%)
Parishes	33
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	25 November 1961 (63 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández
Bishops emeritus	Orlando Romero Cabrera ; Alberto Francisco María Sanguinetti Montero ; Leopoldo Hermes Garin Bruzzone
Map
Website
	www.diocesisdecanelones.com

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]