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Yoro Yoro, with a population of 25,560 (2020 calculation), is the capital city of the Yoro Department of Honduras and the municipal seat of Yoro Municipality. It is notable for a local event known as Lluvia de Peces, where it is claimed that strong ...

(Latin: ''Dioecesis Yorensis'') covers the department Yoro in

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. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula. The diocese was erected on 19 September 2005 with territory taken from the archdiocese of Tegucigalpa and was a suffragan of that archdiocese until the erection of the metropolitan province of San Pedro Sula in 2023.

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, P.M.E. was appointed as the first

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of the diocese. The

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in the city of

El Progreso, Yoro El Progreso () is a city, with a population of 119,260 (2020 calculation), and a municipality located in the Honduran department of Yoro. Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport of San Pedro Sula is located west of the city. To the e ...

History

Formerly in the Diocese of Tegucigalpa, Yoro was formed due to the extent of the territory covered, under papal order by

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on 18 September 2005. The

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priest Juan Luis Giasson, was made

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. On the death of Bishop Juan Luis Giasson,

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appointed Hector David Garcia Osorio as senior official of the diocese on July 3, 2014.

Parishes

The diocese has twelve parishes and 25 priests. * Our Lady of Mercy,

El Progreso El Progreso () is a city, with a population of 119,260 (2020 calculation), and a municipality located in the Honduran department of Yoro. Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport of San Pedro Sula is located west of the city. To the eas ...

. * San Ignacio de Loyola, El Progreso. * Our Lady of Suyapa * San Antonio de Padua, Urraco. * Santa Rita de Casia, Santa Rita. * Our Lady of Carmen, El Negrito. * St. Francis of Assisi, Toyos-The bold. * Our Lady, Morazán. *

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the Apostle, Yorito. * Immaculate Conception, Sulaco-Victoria. * St. James,

. * San Jorge

Olanchito Olanchito is a municipality in the department of Yoro, Honduras, and a town with a population of 45,270 as of 2020. The municipality was founded in 1530 and comprises 70 villages, approximately 300 hamlets, and approximately 100,000 inhabitants. ...

Bishops

*Juan Luis Obispo Giassón (2005–2014) *Bishop David Garcia Hector Osorio (2014–present)

Ordinaries

, P.M.E. (2005–2014)

External links

catholic-hierarchy.org

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