[4] The first Lebanese immigrants to Uruguay arrived in the 1860s, settling in Montevideo around Juan Lindolfo Cuestas street.

On March 10, 1925, Monseñor Shallita arrived in Montevideo from Naples to lead the mission.

[8] The early settlers faced some discrimination as "Asiatics",[9] and a few were unable to adapt and returned to their homeland.

However, most became established as small businessmen and entrepreneurs, and successfully adjusted to the society of their adopted country.

[2] The 2011 Uruguayan census revealed 136 people who declared Lebanon as their country of birth.