title: Roman Catholic Diocese of Melo
text: # Roman Catholic Diocese of Melo
  
  The Diocese of Melo (Latin: Dioecesis Melensis) 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 † (20 Dec 1955 – 9 Jul 1960 Appointed, Bishop of Minas)
  * Orestes Santiago Nuti Sanguinetti, S.D.B. † (9 Jul 1960 – 2 Jan 1962 Appointed, Bishop of Canelones)
  * Roberto Reinaldo Cáceres González † (2 Jan 1962 – 23 Apr 1996 Retired)
  * Nicolás Cotugno Fanizzi, S.D.B. (13 Jun 1996 – 4 Dec 1998 Appointed, Archbishop of Montevideo)
  * Luis del Castillo Estrada, S.J. (21 Dec 1999 – 13 Jun 2009)
  * Heriberto Andrés Bodeant Fernández (13 Jun 2009 – 19 Mar 2021 Appointed, Bishop of Canelones)
  * Pablo Alfonso Jourdán Alvariza (15 Sep 2021 – present)
  