Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa

Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa

Archidioecesis Tegucigalpensis

La arquidiócesis de Tegucigalpa
Catholic
Catedral Metropolitana de San Miguel de Arcángel
Location
Country Honduras
Ecclesiastical provinceTegucigalpa
Statistics
Area15,167 km2 (5,856 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
1,801,000
1,550,000 (86.1%)
Parishes56
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established1561 (463 years ago) (1561)
CathedralCathedral of St. Michael the Archangel [es]
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
ArchbishopJosé 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 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 [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.

  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