Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa (1916 established, successor to the Diocese of Comayagua, erected 1561) is the only Metropolitan see in Honduras, whose ecclesiastical province covers the whole country.[1][2]

Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa Archidioecesis Tegucigalpensis
Catedral Metropolitana de San Miguel de Arcángel
Location
Country	Honduras
Ecclesiastical province	Tegucigalpa
Statistics
Area	15,167 km^2 (5,856 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2010) 1,801,000 1,550,000 (86.1%)
Parishes	56
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	1561
Cathedral	Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Archbishop	Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.
Auxiliary Bishops	Teodoro Gómez Rivera Walter Guillén Soto
Map

Its archepiscopal see is the Cathedral dedicated to St. Michael Archangel (Catedral Metropolitana de San Miguel de Arcángel), in the national capital, Tegucigalpa. It also has a 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, a daughter
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Comayagua, a daughter, bordering on the archdiocese
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Danlí, a daughter
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Juticalpa, a daughter, bordering on the archdiocese
• Roman Catholic Diocese of La Ceiba
• Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pedro Sula, a sister
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán, a sister
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Trujillo (Honduras)
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Yoro, bordering, a daughter

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, both now Tegucigalpa's suffragans.
• Lost territories repeatedly : 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

Episcopal ordinaries

Bishops 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. Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, SDB (8 January 1993 – ); elevated to Cardinal in 2001

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

See also

• List of Catholic dioceses in Honduras

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.

Sources and external links

• GCatholic - data for all sections
• "Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-02.
• Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa