Rodolfo Wirz

Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer (19 April 1942 – 9 December 2025) was an Uruguayan Roman Catholic prelate.

ArchdioceseMontevideo

DioceseMaldonado-Punta del Este

Appointed9 November 1985

Termended15 June 2018

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Rodolfo Wirz
Bishop Emeritus of Maldonado-Punta del Este
Archdiocese	Montevideo
Diocese	Maldonado-Punta del Este
Appointed	9 November 1985
Term ended	15 June 2018
Predecessor	Antonio Corso
Successor	Milton Luis Tróccoli Cebedio
Orders
Ordination	21 December 1968
Consecration	21 December 1985 by José Gottardi Cristelli
Personal details
Born	(1942-04-19)19 April 1942 Schwarzrheindorf, Gau Cologne-Aachen, Germany
Died	9 December 2025(2025-12-09) (aged 83) Montevideo, Uruguay
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Residence	Maldonado, Uruguay
Motto	Crean en la buena nueva
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Reference style

• His Excellency
• The Most Reverend

Spoken styleYour Excellency

Religious styleBishop

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Styles of Rodolfo Pedro Wirz Kraemer
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

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Wirz was born on 19 April 1942 in Schwarzrheindorf near Bonn, Germany. Ordained on 21 December 1968, he was appointed Bishop of Maldonado on 9 November 1985.^[1] He retired on 15 June 2018.

From 2013, he presided over the Episcopal Conference of Uruguay.^[2] Wirz died in Montevideo on 9 December 2025 at the age of 83.^[3]