Roman Catholic Diocese of Yoro
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The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Yoro (Latin: Dioecesis Yorensis) covers the department Yoro in Honduras. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula.
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Diocese of Yoro Dioecesis Yorensis | |
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Location | |
Country | Honduras |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of Tegucigalpa |
Statistics | |
Area | 7,781 km2 (3,004 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 546,126 441,525 (80.8%) |
Parishes | 11 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 19 September 2005 (18 years ago) |
Cathedral | Catedral Las Mercedes |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | David Garcia Hector Osorio |
Metropolitan Archbishop | Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. |
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The diocese was erected on 19 September 2005 with territory taken from the archdiocese of Tegucigalpa and was a suffragan of that archdiocese until the erection of the metropolitan province of San Pedro Sula in 2023. Jean-Louis Giasson, P.M.E. was appointed as the first bishop of the diocese. The Cathedral in the city of El Progreso, Yoro.