Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pedro Sula

The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pedro Sula (erected 2 February 1916, as the Vicariate Apostolic of San Pedro Sula) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa. It was elevated on 6 July 1963.

Diocese of San Pedro Sula Dioecesis Sancto Petro Sula
Catedral de San Pedro Apóstol
Location
Country	Honduras
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Tegucigalpa
Metropolitan	Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.
Statistics
Area	3,923 km^2 (1,515 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2011) 1,570,291 900,000 (57.3%)
Parishes	32
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	2 February 1916 (104 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Angel Garachana Pérez, C.M.F.
Auxiliary Bishops	Rómulo Emiliani Sánchez, C.M.F.
Map

Bishops

Ordinaries

• Juan Sastre y Riutort, C.M. (1924–1949)
• Antonio Capdevilla Ferrando, C.M. (1953–1962)
• José García Villas, C.M. (1963–1965)
• Jaime Brufau Maciá, C.M. (1966–1993)
• Angel Garachana Pérez, C.M.F. (1994– )

Auxiliary bishop

• Rómulo Emiliani Sánchez (2002-2017)

Current Bishops

• Bishop: Angel Garachana Pérez, C.M.F.

Territorial losses

Year	Along with	To form
1987		Diocese of Trujillo

References

• "Diocese of San Pedro Sula". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-02.