Chronology of Catholic Dioceses:Uruguay
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- 0100~
- Italica - Spain
- 0200-0300
- Sevilla (separated from Italica?) - Spain
- 0300-0400
- Sevilla (Metr.) - Spain
- 1536
- Cuzco (established from Spain/Sevilla?) - Peru
- 1547
- Rio de la Plata / Asunción en Paraguay (detached from Cuzco) - (Rio de la Plata) Paraguay
- 1620
- Buenos Aires (detached from Asunción en Paraguay) - (Rio de la Plata) Argentina
- 1828
- Uruguay (AV, detached from Buenos Aires) - Uruguay
- 1878
- Montevideo (D, and new name, previously Uruguay) - Uruguay
- 1897
- Montevideo (Metr.) - Uruguay
- 1897
- Melo (detached from Montevideo) - Uruguay
- 1897
- Salto (detached from Montevideo) - Uruguay
- 1931
- Florida-Melo (new name, previously Melo) - Uruguay
- 1955
- Florida (new name, previously Florida-Melo) - Uruguay
- 1955
- Melo (detached from Florida-Melo, and from Montevideo) - Uruguay
- 1955
- San José de Mayo (detached from Montevideo, and from Salta) - Uruguay
- 1960
- Mercedes (detached from Salta, and from San José de Mayo) - Uruguay
- 1960
- Minas (detached from Melo) - Uruguay
- 1960
- Tacuarembó (detached from Florida) - Uruguay
- 1961
- Canelones (detached from San Jose de Mayo) - Uruguay
- 1966
- Maldonado-Punta del Este (detached from Minas) - Uruguay
- 2020
- Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas (united, previously Minas, and Maldonado-Punta del Este) - Uruguay