Roman Catholic Diocese of Choluteca

Diocese of Choluteca

Dioecesis Cholutecensis
Catholic
Location
Country Honduras
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Tegucigalpa
MetropolitanJosé Vicente Nácher Tatay, CM
Coordinates13°18′23″N 87°11′42″W / 13.3064°N 87.1949°W / 13.3064; -87.1949
Statistics
Area6,282 km2 (2,425 sq mi)
Population
  • Total
  • Catholics
  • (as of 2021)
  • 726,250
  • 544,370 (75%)
Parishes16
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established8 September 1964 (60 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de la Inmaculada Concepción (Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception), Choluteca
Secular priests32 (30 diocesan; 2 religious)
Current leadership
PopeLeo XIV
BishopTeodoro Gomez Rivera
Metropolitan ArchbishopJose Vicente Nacher Tatay
Bishops emeritus
  • Raúl Corriveau
  • Guy Charbonneau
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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.