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Walter Guillén Soto (6 December 1961) is a Honduran prelate of the Catholic Church and a member of the
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who has been the Bishop of Gracias in Honduras since 2021.


Biography

Walter Guillén Soto was born in San Pedro Sula on 1961 and on 5 November 1988 he was ordained a
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. On 14 November 2020,
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appointed him auxiliary bishop of Tegucigalpa and titular bishop of Nasbinca. On 27 April 2021, before Soto received his episcopal ordination, Pope Francis named him the first bishop of the Diocese of
Gracias Gracias () is a small Honduran town/municipality that was founded in 1536, and is the capital of Lempira Department. The municipality has a population of 57,182 and the town a population of 16,680 (2020 calculation). It is located in the moun ...
, which was established that same day. Guillén received his episcopal consecration on 11 June 2021 from Archbishop
Gábor Pintér Gábor Pintér (born 9 March 1964) is a Hungarian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Apostolic Nuncio to Belarus from 2016 to 2019 and has been Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras since 2019. Career Gábor Pintér was born on 9 March 1964 in Ku ...
, Apostolic Nuncio to Honduras.


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