Diocese of San Pedro Sula
| Diocese of San Pedro Sula | |
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Country | Honduras |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa |
| Diocesan bishop | Angel Garachana Pérez CMF |
| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus | Rómulo Emiliani Sánchez CMF |
| founding | 1916 |
| surface | 3,923 km² |
| Parishes | 33 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Residents | 1,610,458 ( 12/31/2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics | 930,400 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| proportion of | 57.8% |
| Diocesan priest | 37 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 33 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 13,291 |
| Friars | 40 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 150 (December 31, 2014 / AP2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de San Pedro Apóstol |
| Website | http://www.iglesiacatolicasps.com/ |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pedro Sula ( lat. : Dioecesis de Sancto Petro Sula ) is an in Honduras situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in San Pedro Sula .
history
The diocese of San Pedro Sula was founded on February 2, 1916 by Pope Benedict XV. from the cession of territory by the Comayagua diocese as the Apostolic Vicariate of San Pedro Sula . The Apostolic Vicariate of San Pedro Sula was founded on July 6, 1963 by Pope Paul VI. raised to the diocese. On July 3, 1987, the diocese of San Pedro Sula gave up parts of its territory to establish the diocese of Trujillo . The diocese of San Pedro Sula gave up on December 30, 2011 parts of its territory to establish the diocese of La Ceiba .
The diocese of San Pedro Sula is subordinate to the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa as a suffragan .
Ordinaries
Vicars Apostolic of San Pedro Sula
- Juan Sastre y Riutort CM , 1924-1949
- Antonio Capdevilla Ferrando CM, 1953–1962
Bishops of San Pedro Sula
- José García Villas CM, 1963-1965
- Jaime Brufau Maciá CM, 1966-1993
- Angel Garachana Pérez CMF , since 1994
See also
Web links
- Entry for the Diocese of San Pedro Sula on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on March 21, 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ erezione della Diocese of La Ceiba (Honduras) e nomina del primo Vescovo , in: Holy See Press Office: Daily Bulletin of 30 December 2011th