Diocese of Choluteca Dioecesis Cholutecensis | |
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| Catholic | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Honduras |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Tegucigalpa |
| Metropolitan | José Vicente Nácher Tatay, CM |
| Coordinates | 13°18′23″N 87°11′42″W / 13.3064°N 87.1949°W |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 6,282[1] km2 (2,425 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2021) 726,250[a] 544,370[a] (75%) |
| Parishes | 16[a] |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 8 September 1964 (60 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción (Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception), Choluteca |
| Secular priests | 32 (30 diocesan; 2 religious)[a] |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Teodoro Gomez Rivera |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Jose Vicente Nacher Tatay |
| Bishops emeritus | |
| Map | |
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The Diocese of Choluteca (erected 8 September 1964, as the Territorial Prelature of Choluteca) is a Latin Catholic diocese in Honduras. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa. Choluteca was elevated to a diocese on 29 August 1979.
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