Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán

Roman Catholic diocese in Honduras
Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán

Dioecesis Sanctae Rosae de Copán
Catedral de Santa Rosa
Location
CountryHonduras
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Tegucigalpa
MetropolitanOscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.
Statistics
Area17,360 km2 (6,700 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2010)
1,289,000
1,150,000 (90%)
Parishes42
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established2 February 1916 (108 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St. Rose
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopDarwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán (erected 2 February 1916) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula.

Bishops

Ordinaries

  • Claudio María Volio y Jímenez (1916–1926)
  • Angelo Maria Navarro (1928–1951)
  • Carlos Luis Geromini (1952–1958)
  • Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, S.D.B. (1958–1962), appointed Archbishop of Tegucigalpa
  • José Carranza Chévez (1962–1980)
  • Luis Alfonso Santos Villeda, S.D.B. (1984–2011)
  • Darwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S. (since 2011)

Auxiliary bishop

  • José de la Cruz Turcios y Barahona, S.D.B. (1943-1947), appointed Archbishop of Tegucigalpa

External links and references

  • "Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-02.


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