Bishop of Maldonado-Punta del Este-Minas
Msgr. Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio was born in Montevideo on 3 March 1964. He carried out his philosophical and theological studies in the major seminary of Montevideo, where he obtained a bachelor’s degree. At the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome he obtained a licentiate in spiritual theology in 1995. He was ordained a priest on 8 May 1988 in Florida, by the Holy Father John Paul II. He was parish priest of Nuestra Señora de Pompeya, of Nuestra Señora de la Merced, professor of spiritual theology at the Msgr. Mariano Soler Faculty of Theology, rector of the interdiocesan seminary of Uruguay, episcopal vicar for pastoral ministry and vicar for vocational ministry. On 27 November 2009 he was appointed as auxiliary bishop of Montevideo and was consecrated on 20 December. He is secretary general of the episcopal conference of Uruguay.