Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa
Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa Archidioecesis Tegucigalpensis La arquidiócesis de Tegucigalpa | |
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Catholic | |
Location | |
Country | Honduras |
Ecclesiastical province | Tegucigalpa |
Statistics | |
Area | 15,167 km2 (5,856 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 1,801,000 1,550,000 (86.1%) |
Parishes | 56 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 1561 |
Cathedral | Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Archbishop | José Vicente Nácher Tatay |
Bishops emeritus | |
Map | |
The Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa (Spanish: La arquidiócesis de Tegucigalpa) (1916 established, successor to the Diocese of Comayagua, erected 1561) is a
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
Minor Basilica
, National Shrine: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Suyapa, also in Tegucigalpa, and
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy.
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:
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Choluteca
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Comayagua
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Danlí
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Juticalpa
History
- It was established on 2 February 1916 as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán.
- Lost territories on several occasions: on 1949.03.06 to establish the Diocese of Danlí.[1]
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)
- 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)
- Msgr. Emilio Morales Roque (apostolic administrator 1934–1943)
- Rev. Angelo María Navarro (1943–1947)
- 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 Náchter Tatay, CM (26 January 2023 - )
Coadjutor bishops
- Luis de Cañizares, O.M. (1628-1629)
- Antonio del Carmen Monestel y Zamora (1915-1921), did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica
Auxiliary bishops
- Evelio Domínguez Recinos (1957-1988)
- Robert Camilleri Azzopardi, OFM (26 July 2001 – 21 May 2004), appointed Bishop of Comayagua
- Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, CMF (21 May 2005 – 20 July 2018)[5]
- Darwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S. (2006-2011), appointed Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán
- Teodoro Gómez Rivera (2021–2023), appointed bishop of Choluteca
See also
References
- ^ a b "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 18 April 2017
- ^ "Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
- ^ a b c d e HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III. p. 173.
- ^ "Bishop Cristóbal de Pedraza" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 25, 2016
- ^ Collins, Charles (20 July 2018). "Auxiliary bishop serving top papal aide resigns after sex misconduct allegations". Crux. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
External links
- GCatholic - data for all sections[self-published source]
- "Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-02.[self-published source]
- Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa