Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa

The Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa (Spanish: La arquidiócesis de Tegucigalpa) (1916 established, successor to the Diocese of Comayagua, erected 1561) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or 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]

Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa Archidioecesis Tegucigalpensis La arquidiócesis de Tegucigalpa
Catholic
Catedral Metropolitana de San Miguel de Arcángel
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 (463 years ago) (1561)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel [es]
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	José Vicente Nácher Tatay
Bishops emeritus	Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga Juan José Pineda Fasquelle
Map

Its archepiscopal see is the Cathedral of St. Michael Archangel [es] in the national capital, Tegucigalpa. It also has a minor basilica which serves as a national shrine, the Basilica of Suyapa [es], also in Tegucigalpa.

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 Tegucigalpa, on territory split off from the suppressed Diocese of Comayagua, the rest of which formed the Apostolic Vicariate of San Pedro Sula and Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán.
• Lost territories on several occasions: on 1949.03.06 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho (which later became the Diocese of Juticalpa), on 1963.03.13 to (re)establish the Diocese of Comayagua, on 1964.09.08 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Choluteca, on 2005.09.19 to establish Diocese of Yoro and on 2017.01.02 to establish the Diocese of Danlí.^[1]

Bishops

Bishops of Comayagua

Main article: Roman Catholic Diocese of Comayagua

1. Alfonso de Talavera, OSH (1531–1540)^[3]
2. Cristóbal de Pedraza (1539–1553)^[3][4]
3. Jerónimo de Corella, OSH (1556–1575)^[3]
4. Alfonso de la Cerda, OP (1578–1587),^[3] appointed Bishop of La Plata o Charcas
5. Gaspar de Andrada, OFM (1587–1612)^[3]
6. Alfonso del Galdo, OP (1612–1628)
7. Luis de Cañizares, OFM (1628–1645)
8. Juan Merlo de la Fuente (1650–1656)
9. Martín de Espinosa y Monzón (1672–1676)
10. Ildefonso Vargas y Abarca, OSA (1678–1699)
11. Pedro Reyes de los Ríos de Lamadrid, OSB (1699–1700), appointed Bishop of Yucatán (Mérida)
12. Juan Pérez Carpintero, OPraem (1701–1724)
13. Antonio López Portillo de Guadalupe, OFM (1725–1742)
14. Francisco de Molina, OSBas (1743–1749)
15. Diego Rodríguez de Rivas y Velasco (1751–1762), appointed Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
16. Isidro Rodríguez Lorenzo, OSBas (1764–1767), appointed Archbishop of Santo Domingo
17. Antonio Macarulla Minguilla de Aguilain (1767–1772), appointed Bishop of Durango
18. Francisco José de Palencia (1773–1775)
19. Francisco Antonio Iglesia Cajiga, OSH (1777–1783), appointed Bishop of Michoacán
20. José Antonio de Isabela (1785–1785)
21. Fernando Cardiñanos, OFM (1788–1794)
22. Vicente Navas, OP (1795–1809)
23. Manuel Julián Rodríguez del Barranco (1817–1819)
24. Francisco de Paula Campo y Pérez (1844–1853)
25. Hipólito Casiano Flórez (1854–1857)
26. Juan Félix de Jesús Zepeda (1861–1885)
27. Manuel Francisco Vélez (1887–1901)
28. José María Martínez y Cabañas (1902 – 2 February 1916)

Archbishops of Tegucigalpa

1. José María Martínez y Cabañas (2 February 1916 – 11 August 1921)
2. Agustín Hombach, CM (3 February 1923 – 17 October 1933)
   • Msgr. Emilio Morales Roque (apostolic administrator 1934–1943)
   • Rev. Angelo María Navarro (1943–1947)
3. José de la Cruz Turcios y Barahona, SDB (8 December 1947 – 18 May 1962)
4. Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, SBD (1962.05.18 – retired 1993.01.08)
5. Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, SDB (8 January 1993 – 26 January 2023); elevated to Cardinal in 2001
6. José Vicente Nácher 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

• List of Catholic dioceses in Honduras
• Honduras portal

References

1. "Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved 18 April 2017
2. "Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
3. HIERARCHIA CATHOLICA MEDII ET RECENTIORIS AEVI Vol III. p. 173.
4. "Bishop Cristóbal de Pedraza" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 25, 2016
5. 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.^{[self-published source]}
• Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa

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