Diocese of Choluteca
| Diocese of Choluteca | |
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| Country | Honduras |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa |
| Diocesan bishop | Guy Charbonneau PME |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Raúl Corriveau PME |
| founding | 1964 |
| surface | 5,775 km² |
| Parishes | 14 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 650,000 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 552,500 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 85% |
| Diocesan priest | 23 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 7 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 18,417 |
| Friars | 7 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 51 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción |
| Website | diocesisdecholuteca.org |
The diocese of Choluteca ( lat. : Dioecesis Cholutecensis ) is in Honduras situated Roman Catholic diocese based in the city of Choluteca . Its territory includes the administrative districts of Choluteca and Valle .
history
The diocese Choluteca was on September 8, 1964 by Pope Paul VI. Erected from the cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa as a territorial prelature Choluteca . The territorial prelature Choluteca was raised to the diocese on August 29, 1979 by Pope John Paul II . The diocese of Choluteca is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Prelates of Choluteca
- Marcel Gérin y Boulay PME , 1964-1979
Bishops of Choluteca
- Marcel Gérin y Boulay PME, 1979-1984
- Raul Corriveau PME, 1984-2005
- Guido Plante PME, 2005–2012
- Guy Charbonneau , since 2013