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.
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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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 edit
References edit
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