Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa

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Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa

Archidioecesis Tegucigalpensis
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Catedral Metropolitana de San Miguel de Arcángel
Location
Country Honduras
Ecclesiastical provinceTegucigalpa
Statistics
Area15,167 km2 (5,856 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)		(as of 2010)
1,801,000
1,550,000 (86.1%)
Parishes56
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established1561 (461 years ago) (1561)
CathedralMetropolitan Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopOscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.
Auxiliary Bishops
Walter Guillén Soto
Map
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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.[1][2]

Its archepiscopal see is the Cathedral dedicated to St. Michael Archangel (Catedral Metropolitana de San Miguel de Arcángel), in the national capital, Tegucigalpa. It also has a Minor Basilica, 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:

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 rest of which formed the Apostolic Vicariate of San Pedro Sula and Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán, 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 Diocese of Comayagua, on 1964.09.08 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Choluteca, on 2005.09.19 to establish Diocese of Yoro and on 2017.01.02 to establish the Diocese of Danlí.[1]

Bishops[]

Episcopal ordinaries[]

Bishops of Comayagua
Main article: Roman Catholic Diocese of Comayagua
  1. Alfonso de Talavera, OSH (1531–1540)[3]
  2. Cristóbal de Pedraza (1539–1553)[3][4]
  3. Jerónimo de Corella, OSH (1556–1575)[3]
  4. Alfonso de la Cerda, OP (1578–1587),[3] appointed Bishop of La Plata o Charcas
  5. Gaspar de Andrada, OFM (1587–1612)[3]
  6. Alfonso del Galdo, OP (1612–1628)
  7. Luis de Cañizares, OFM (1628–1645)
  8. Juan Merlo de la Fuente (1650–1656)
  9. Martín de Espinosa y Monzón (1672–1676)
  10. Ildefonso Vargas y Abarca, OSA (1678–1699)
  11. Pedro Reyes de los Ríos de Lamadrid, OSB (1699–1700), appointed Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida)
  12. , OPraem (1701–1724)
  13. Antonio López Portillo de Guadalupe, OFM (1725–1742)
  14. , OSBas (1743–1749)
  15. (1751–1762), appointed Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
  16. , OSBas (1764–1767), appointed Archbishop of Santo Domingo
  17. (1767–1772), appointed Bishop of Durango
  18. (1773–1775)
  19. , OSH (1777–1783), appointed Bishop of Michoacán
  20. (1785–1785)
  21. Fernando Cardiñanos, OFM (1788–1794)
  22. , OP (1795–1809)
  23. (1817–1819)
  24. (1844–1853)
  25. (1854–1857)
  26. (1861–1885)
  27. (1887–1901)
  28. (1902 – 2 February 1916)
Archbishops of Tegucigalpa
  1. (2 February 1916 – 11 August 1921)
  2. , CM (3 February 1923 – 17 October 1933)
    • Msgr. (apostolic administrator 1934–1943)
    • Rev. (1943–1947)
  3. , SDB (8 December 1947 – 18 May 1962)
  4. , SBD (1962.05.18 – retired 1993.01.08)
  5. Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, SDB (8 January 1993 – ); elevated to Cardinal in 2001

Coadjutor bishops[]

  • Luis de Cañizares, O.M. (1628-1629)
  • (1915-1921), did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica

Auxiliary bishops[]

  • (1957-1988)
  • Robert Camilleri Azzopardi, OFM (26 July 2001 – 21 May 2004), appointed Bishop of Comayagua
  • , CMF (21 May 2005 – 20 July 2018)[5]
  • , C.R.S. (2006-2011), appointed Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 18 April 2017
  2. ^ "Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ^ a b c d e HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III. p. 173.
  4. ^ "Bishop Cristóbal de Pedraza" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 25, 2016
  5. ^ Collins, Charles (20 July 2018). "Auxiliary bishop serving top papal aide resigns after sex misconduct allegations". Crux. Retrieved 21 July 2018.

External links[]

Coordinates: 14°06′20″N 87°12′15″W / 14.1055°N 87.2042°W / 14.1055; -87.2042

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