Roman Catholic Diocese of Comayagua
Diocese of Comayagua Dioecesis Comayaguensis Diócesis de Comayagua | |
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Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción | |
| Location | |
| Country | Honduras |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Tegucigalpa |
| Metropolitan | Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,527 km2 (2,906 sq mi) |
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| Parishes | 29 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 13 March 1963 (62 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Ángel Falzóne |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | José Vicente Nácher Tatay |
| Map | |
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.