The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula (erected 2 February 1916 as the Vicariate Apostolic of San Pedro Sula) is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...

. It was a suffragan of the

Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa (1916 established, successor to the Diocese of Comayagua, erected 1561) is the only Metropolitan see in Honduras, whose ecclesiastical province covers the whole country.

until 2023, when it was made a metropolitan archdiocese. It was elevated on 6 July 1963.

Ecclesiastical Province of San Pedro Sula

Its

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sees are *

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Gracias The Roman Catholic Diocese of Gracias (Latin: ''Dioecesis Gratiensis'') is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Honduras. History It was erected on 27 April 2021 with its territory having been carved from the Diocese of Santa Rosa de Co ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán (erected 2 February 1916) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula. Bishops Ordinaries * Claudio María Volio y Jímenez (1916–1926) * Angelo Maria Navarro (1928–1951) * Carlos Lu ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Trujillo (Honduras) The Roman Catholic Diocese of Trujillo (erected 3 July 1987) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula. History The Diocese of Trujillo was founded as the Diocese of Honduras; in 1561, the Diocese of Comayagua was established on terr ...

Roman Catholic Diocese of Yoro The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Yoro (Latin: ''Dioecesis Yorensis'') covers the department Yoro in Honduras. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula. The diocese was erected on 19 September 2005 with territory taken fro ...

Leadership

;Bishops of San Pedro Sula *

Juan Sastre y Riutort ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

, C.M. (1924–1949) *

Antonio Capdevilla Ferrando Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language-speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular ma ...

, C.M. (1953–1962) *

José García Villas José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ...

, C.M. (1963–1965) *

Jaime Brufau Maciá Jaime is a common Spanish and Portuguese male given name for Jacob (name), James (name), Jamie, or Jacques. In Occitania Jacobus became ''Jacome'' and later ''Jacme''. In east Spain, ''Jacme'' became ''Jaime'', in Aragon it became ''Chaime'', and ...

, C.M. (1966–1993) * Angel Garachana Pérez, C.M.F. (1994–2023) ;Archbishops of San Pedro Sula *

Michael Lenihan Michael Lenihan O.F.M. (22 September 1951 – ) is the Archbishop of San Pedro Sula. He previously served as the first Bishop of La Ceiba from 2012 to 2023 and as the vicar general of and a parish priest in the Diocese of Comayagua.

, O.F.M.

Auxiliary bishops

* Rómulo Emiliani Sánchez (2002-2017)

Territorial losses

References

San Pedro Sula San Pedro Sula () is the capital of Cortés Department, Honduras. It is located in the northwest corner of the country in the Sula Valley, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean Sea. With a population of 671,460 ...

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