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Diocese of Comayagua

Dioecesis Comayaguensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 13 March 1963
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Honduras
  • Square Kilometers: 7,649 (2,954 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Calle de la Catedral, Apartado 41, 12101 Comayagua, Honduras
  • Telephone: 2772-0169
  • Fax: 2772-4138

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
13 March 1963ErectedArchdiocese of Tegucigalpa (Departments of Comayagua and La Paz) Diocese of Comayagua (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1966180,000182,00098.9%514199,473161811ap1967
1968216,000218,72298.8%991812,00010511ap1971
1976290,000330,00087.9%1061618,12572411ap1977
1980310,000352,00088.1%1071718,23581512ap1981
1990350,437358,65797.7%15112613,478114021ap1991
1999487,326493,26098.8%3073713,170115420ap2000
2000471,500478,66098.5%2373015,716183921ap2001
2001649,637657,00098.9%2082823,201193925ap2002
2002645,330659,44097.9%3594414,666204326ap2003
2003657,721671,32198.0%31124315,295254427ap2004
2004620,701673,02192.2%29124115,139255327ap2005
2006642,254689,72593.1%33114414,596185829ap2007
2013690,000732,00094.3%41105113,529317032ap2014
2016637,920685,45793.1%5113649,967356537ap2017
2019685,424727,81394.2%53116410,709348538ap2020
2021740,586789,53793.8%56147010,5793510838ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 56, Page 317, to Page 319

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