Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula

Roman Catholic archdiocese in Honduras

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.

## Ecclesiastical Province of San Pedro Sula

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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

## Leadership

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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.

### Auxiliary bishops

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* Rómulo Emiliani Sánchez (2002-2017)

## Territorial losses

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Year | Along with | To form

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1987 |  | Diocese of Trujillo
2011 |  | Diocese of La Ceiba

## References

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

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