Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa

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Ecclesiastical province of Tegucigalpa

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Choluteca, a daughter
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Comayagua, a daughter, bordering on the archdiocese
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Danlí, a daughter
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Juticalpa, a daughter, bordering on the archdiocese
• Roman Catholic Diocese of La Ceiba
• Roman Catholic Diocese of San Pedro Sula, a sister
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán, a sister
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Trujillo
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Yoro, bordering, a daughter

  History

• It was established on 2 February 1916 as the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, on territory split off from the suppressed Diocese of Comayagua, the rest of which formed the Apostolic Vicariate of San Pedro Sula and Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán, both now Tegucigalpa's suffragans.
• Lost territories repeatedly : on 1949.03.06 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho, on 1963.03.13 to establish the Diocese of Comayagua, on 1964.09.08 to establish the Territorial Prelature of Choluteca, on 2005.09.19 to establish Diocese of Yoro and on 2017.01.02 to establish the Diocese of Danlí.

  Bishops

Episcopal ordinaries

1. Alfonso de Talavera, OSH
2. Cristóbal de Pedraza
3. Jerónimo de Corella, OSH
4. Alfonso de la Cerda, OP, appointed Bishop of La Plata o Charcas
5. Gaspar de Andrada, OFM
6. Alfonso del Galdo, OP
7. Luis de Cañizares, OFM
8. Juan Merlo de la Fuente
9. Martín de Espinosa y Monzón
10. Ildefonso Vargas y Abarca, OSA
11. Pedro Reyes de los Ríos de Lamadrid, OSB, appointed Bishop of Yucatán
12. Juan Pérez Carpintero, OPraem
13. Antonio López Portillo de Guadalupe, OFM
14. Francisco de Molina, OSBas
15. Diego Rodríguez de Rivas y Velasco, appointed Bishop of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
16. Isidro Rodríguez Lorenzo, OSBas, appointed Archbishop of Santo Domingo
17. Antonio Macarulla Minguilla de Aguilain, appointed Bishop of Durango
18. Francisco José de Palencia
19. Francisco Antonio Iglesia Cajiga, OSH, appointed Bishop of Michoacán
20. José Antonio de Isabela
21. Fernando Cardiñanos, OFM
22. Vicente Navas, OP
23. Manuel Julián Rodríguez del Barranco
24. Francisco de Paula Campo y Pérez
25. Hipólito Casiano Flórez
26. Juan Félix de Jesús Zepeda
27. Manuel Francisco Vélez
28. José María Martínez y Cabañas

1. José María Martínez y Cabañas
2. Agustín Hombach, CM
3. *Msgr. Emilio Morales Roque
4. *Rev. Angelo María Navarro
5. José de la Cruz Turcios y Barahona, SDB
6. Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, SBD
7. Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, SDB ; elevated to Cardinal in 2001

   Coadjutor bishops

• Luis de Cañizares, O.M.
• Antonio del Carmen Monestel y Zamora, did not succeed to see; appointed Bishop of Alajuela, Costa Rica

  Auxiliary bishops

• Evelio Domínguez Recinos
• Robert Camilleri Azzopardi, OFM, appointed Bishop of Comayagua
• Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, CMF
• Darwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S., appointed Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán