Diocese of Juticalpa
| Diocese of Juticalpa | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Honduras |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa |
| Diocesan bishop | José Bonello OFM |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Tomás Andrés Mauro Muldoon OFM |
| Vicar General | Alberto Gauci OFM |
| founding | 1949 |
| surface | 24,341 km² |
| Parishes | 13 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Residents | 564,000 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics | 518,000 (December 31, 2008 / AP2009 ) |
| proportion of | 91.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 12 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 22,522 |
| Friars | 12 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| Religious sisters | 36 ( 12/31/2008 / AP2009 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción |
The Bistum Juticalpa ( lat. : Dioecesis Iuticalpensis ) is in Honduras preferred Roman Catholic diocese based in Juticalpa .
history
The diocese Juticalpa was on March 6, 1949 by Pope Pius XII. Erected from the cession of territory by the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa as a territorial prelature Inmaculada Concepción de la Bienaventurada Virgen María en Olancho . The territorial prelature Inmaculada Concepción de la Bienaventurada Virgen María en Olancho was raised to the diocese on October 31, 1987 by Pope John Paul II and renamed the diocese Juticalpa . The diocese of Juticalpa is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
- Bernardino Mazzarella OFM , 1954–1963, then Bishop of Comayagua
- Nicholas D'Antonio Salza, OFM, 1963-1977
- Tomás Andrés Mauro Muldoon, OFM, 1983–1987
Bishops of Juticalpa
- Tomás Andrés Mauro Muldoon OFM, 1987–2012
- José Bonello OFM, since 2012