Diocese of Juticalpa Dioecesis Iuticalpensis |
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Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción
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Location | |
Country | Honduras |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Tegucigalpa |
Metropolitan | Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. |
Statistics | |
Area | 24,351 km2 (9,402 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2006) 546,129 491,201 (89.9%) |
Parishes | 13 |
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Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 6 March 1949 (68 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | José Bonello, O.F.M. |
Emeritus Bishops | Tomás Andrés Mauro Muldoon, O.F.M. |
Map | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Juticalpa (erected 6 March 1949, as the Territorial Prelature of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa. It was elevated as the Diocese of Juticalpa on 31 October 1987.
Coordinates: 14°40′16″N 86°13′06″W / 14.6710°N 86.2184°W