Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa Archidioecesis Tegucigalpensis La arquidiócesis de Tegucigalpa | |
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| 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 |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | José Vicente Nácher Tatay |
| Bishops emeritus | |
| Map | |
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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]
Its archepiscopal see is the Cathedral of St. Michael Archangel in the national capital, Tegucigalpa. It also has a minor basilica which serves as a national shrine, the Basilica of Suyapa, also in Tegucigalpa.
- ^ "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