The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa (1916 established, successor to the Diocese of Comayagua, erected 1561) is the only

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in Honduras, whose

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dedicated to St. Michael Archangel (Catedral Metropolitana de San Miguel de Arcángel), in the national capital, Tegucigalpa. It also has a

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, National Shrine: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Suyapa, also in Tegucigalpa, and Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy.

Statistics

As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,684,000 Catholics (86.1% of 1,955,000 total per 2014) in 58 parishes and 3 missions with 156 priests (79 diocesan, 77 religious), 1 deacon, 417 lay religious (97 brothers, 320 sisters) and 37 seminarians.

Ecclesiastical province of Tegucigalpa

Its Suffragan sees are: *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Choluteca The Roman Catholic Diocese of Choluteca (erected 8 September 1964, as the Territorial prelate, Prelature of Choluteca) is a suffragan of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa. It was elevated on 29 August 1979. ...

, a daughter * Roman Catholic Diocese of Comayagua, a daughter, bordering on the archdiocese *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Danlí The Roman Catholic Diocese of Danlí is a Latin suffragan bishopric in the ecclesiastical province (covering all Honduras) of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, with see at Danlí, in southern Honduras's El Paraíso department (but n ...

, a daughter *

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 Juticalpa The Roman Catholic Diocese of Juticalpa (erected 6 March 1949, as the Territorial Prelature of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa. It was elevated as the Diocese of Juticalpa on 31 Oct ...

, a daughter, bordering on the archdiocese *

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Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pedro Sula The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula (erected 2 February 1916 as the Vicariate Apostolic of San Pedro Sula) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Honduras. It was a suffragan of the Arch ...

, a sister *

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 ...

, a sister *

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 ...

, bordering, a daughter

History

* It was established on 2 February 1916 as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, on territory split off from the suppressed

Diocese of Comayagua The Roman Catholic Diocese of Comayagua is a Latin suffragan bishopric in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa. The present diocese, erected 13 March 1963, revives a larger colonial bishopric. Its present cathedral epis ...

, the rest of which formed the

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and

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, both now Tegucigalpa's suffragans. * Lost territories repeatedly : on 1949.03.06 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho (which later became the Diocese of Juticalpa), on 1963.03.13 to (re)establish the

, on 1964.09.08 to establish the

Territorial Prelature of Choluteca The Roman Catholic Diocese of Choluteca (erected 8 September 1964, as the Territorial Prelature of Choluteca) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa. It was elevated on 29 August 1979. Bishops Ordinaries * Marcel Gérin y Boulay, P.M.E ...

, on 2005.09.19 to establish

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 ...

and on 2017.01.02 to establish the

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Bishops

;Bishops of Comayagua #

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, OSH (1531–1540) # Cristóbal de Pedraza (1539–1553)"Bishop Cristóbal de Pedraza"
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, OP (1578–1587), appointed Bishop of La Plata o Charcas # Gaspar de Andrada, OFM (1587–1612) # Alfonso del Galdo, OP (1612–1628) # Luis de Cañizares, OFM (1628–1645) # Juan Merlo de la Fuente (1650–1656) # Martín de Espinosa y Monzón (1672–1676) # Ildefonso Vargas y Abarca, OSA (1678–1699) # Pedro Reyes de los Ríos de Lamadrid, OSB (1699–1700), appointed Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida) # Juan Pérez Carpintero,

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(1701–1724) # Antonio López Portillo de Guadalupe, OFM (1725–1742) # Francisco de Molina, OSBas (1743–1749) # Diego Rodríguez de Rivas y Velasco (1751–1762), appointed Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico # Isidro Rodríguez Lorenzo, OSBas (1764–1767), appointed Archbishop of Santo Domingo #

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(1767–1772), appointed Bishop of Durango # Francisco José de Palencia (1773–1775) # Francisco Antonio Iglesia Cajiga, OSH (1777–1783), appointed Bishop of Michoacán # José Antonio de Isabela (1785–1785) # Fernando Cardiñanos, OFM (1788–1794) # Vicente Navas, OP (1795–1809) # Manuel Julián Rodríguez del Barranco (1817–1819) # Francisco de Paula Campo y Pérez (1844–1853) # Hipólito Casiano Flórez (1854–1857) # Juan Félix de Jesús Zepeda (1861–1885) # Manuel Francisco Vélez (1887–1901) # José María Martínez y Cabañas (1902 – 2 February 1916) ;Archbishops of Tegucigalpa # José María Martínez y Cabañas (2 February 1916 – 11 August 1921) # Agustín Hombach, CM (3 February 1923 – 17 October 1933) #*Msgr. Emilio Morales Roque (apostolic administrator 1934–1943) #*Rev. Angelo María Navarro (1943–1947) # José de la Cruz Turcios y Barahona, SDB (8 December 1947 – 18 May 1962) # Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, SBD (1962.05.18 – retired 1993.01.08) #

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, SDB (8 January 1993 – ); elevated to Cardinal in 2001

Coadjutor bishops

* Luis de Cañizares, O.M. (1628-1629) * Antonio del Carmen Monestel y Zamora (1915-1921), did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica

Auxiliary bishops

* Evelio Domínguez Recinos (1957-1988) * Robert Camilleri Azzopardi, OFM (26 July 2001 – 21 May 2004), appointed Bishop of Comayagua * Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, CMF (21 May 2005 – 20 July 2018) * Darwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S. (2006-2011), appointed Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán

References

External links

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