Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula

Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula Archidioecesis de Sancto Petro Sula
Catedral de San Pedro Apóstol
Location
Country	Honduras
Statistics
Area	3,923 km2 (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 (108 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Major Archbishop	Michael Lenihan
Bishops emeritus	Rómulo Emiliani Sánchez, Angel Garachana Pérez
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula (erected on 2 February 1916 as the Vicariate Apostolic of San Pedro Sula) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Honduras. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa until 2023, when it was made a metropolitan archdiocese. It was elevated on 6 July 1963.

Its suffragan sees are

• Roman Catholic Diocese of La Ceiba
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Gracias
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Trujillo (Honduras)
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Yoro

Bishops of San Pedro Sula

• 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. (1994–2023)

Archbishops of San Pedro Sula

• Michael Lenihan, O.F.M.

• Rómulo Emiliani Sánchez (2002-2017)

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

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