Roman Catholic Diocese of Comayagua

Diocese of Comayagua

Dioecesis Comayaguensis

Diócesis de Comayagua
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción
Location
Country Honduras
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Tegucigalpa
MetropolitanOscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.
Statistics
Area7,527 km2 (2,906 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
689,725
642,254 (93.1%)
Parishes29
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established13 March 1963 (61 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopÁngel Falzóne
Metropolitan ArchbishopJosé Vicente Nácher Tatay
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Comayagua is a Latin suffragan bishopric in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa. The present diocese, erected 13 March 1963, revives a larger colonial bishopric.

Its present cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción, devoted to the Immaculate Concepcion, in Comayagua, which city also has the former cathedral: Iglesia de La Merced Iglesia de La Merced, devoted to Our Lady of Mercy.