Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa
Latin Catholic archdiocese in Honduras
The Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa (Spanish: La arquidiócesis de Tegucigalpa) (1916 established, successor to the Diocese of Comayagua, erected 1561) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Honduras. Until 2023, it was the only metropolitan see in Honduras, with its ecclesiastical province covering the whole country.[1][2]
Its archepiscopal see is the Cathedral of St. Michael Archangel [es] in the national capital, Tegucigalpa. It also has a minor basilica which serves as a national shrine, the Basilica of Suyapa [es], also in Tegucigalpa.
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
Bishops
- Bishops of Comayagua
- Alfonso de Talavera, OSH (1531–1540)[3]
- Cristóbal de Pedraza (1539–1553)[3][4]
- Jerónimo de Corella, OSH (1556–1575)[3]
- Alfonso de la Cerda, OP (1578–1587),[3] appointed Bishop of La Plata o Charcas
- Gaspar de Andrada, OFM (1587–1612)[3]
- 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, OPraem (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
- Antonio Macarulla Minguilla de Aguilain (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)
- 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)
- Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, SDB (8 January 1993 – 26 January 2023); elevated to Cardinal in 2001
- José Vicente Nácher Tatay, CM (26 January 2023 - )
Coadjutor bishops
Auxiliary bishops
See also
References
External links
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