Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa
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Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa Archidioecesis Tegucigalpensis |
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Catedral Metropolitana de San Miguel de Arcángel
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| Location | |
| Country | Honduras |
| Ecclesiastical province | Tegucigalpa |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 15,167 km2 (5,856 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 1,801,000 1,550,000 (86.1%) |
| Parishes | 56 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 1561 (456 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, C.M.F. |
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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa (1916 established, successor to the Diocese of Comayagua, erected 1561) is the only Metropolitan see in Honduras, whose ecclesiastical province covers the whole country.
Its archepiscopal see is the Cathedral dedicated to St. Michael Archangel (Catedral Metropolitana de San Miguel de Arcángel), in the national capital, Tegucigalpa. It also has a Minor Basilica, National Shrine: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Suyapa, also in Tegucigalpa, and Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy.
As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,684,000 Catholics (86.1% of 1,955,000 total per 2014) in 58 parishes and 3 missions with 156 priests (79 diocesan, 77 religious), 1 deacon, 417 lay religious (97 brothers, 320 sisters) and 37 seminarians.
Its Suffragan sees are:
Coordinates: 14°06′20″N 87°12′15″W / 14.1055°N 87.2042°W
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