Roman Catholic Diocese of La Ceiba
Diocese of La Ceiba Dioecesis Ceibensis | |
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![]() Cathedral of San Isidoro Labrador | |
Location | |
Country | Honduras |
Ecclesiastical province | Tegucigalpa |
Statistics | |
Area | 4,640 km2 (1,790 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2011) 547,709 398,800 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Cathedral | Cathedral of San Isidoro Labrador |
Current leadership | |
Bishop | vacant |
Map | |
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The Diocese of La Ceiba is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Honduras. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula. The diocese was erected on 30 December 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI.
History
[edit]- Erected 30 December 2011 as a suffragan see of Tegucigalpa
- Transferred 26 January 2023 to the newly created metropolitan province of San Pedro Sula
Bishops
[edit]- Michael Lenihan, OFM (30 December 2011 – 26 January 2023), made the first archbishop of San Pedro Sula
See also
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