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Diocese of Trujillo

Dioecesis Truxillensis in Honduria



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Bishop(s)

  • Jenry Orlando Ruiz Mora, Bishop
  • Luis Felipe Solé Fa, C.M., Bishop Emeritus

General Information

  • Type of Jurisdiction: Diocese
  • Erected: 3 July 1987
  • Metropolitan: Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula
  • Rite: Latin (or Roman)
  • Country: Honduras
  • Square Kilometers: 25,296 (9,770 Square Miles)
  • Mailing Address: Obispado, Apartado 13, Ave. Cristobal de Pedraza, Barrio el Centro, Trujillo, Dep. Colón, Honduras
  • Telephone: 2434-4997
  • Fax: 2434-4167

Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
3 July 1987ErectedDiocese of San Pedro Sula (Colón and Gracias a Dios) Diocese of Trujillo (erected)
26 January 2023Metropolitan ChangedDiocese of Gracias (from Tegucigalpa)
Diocese of La Ceiba (from Tegucigalpa)
Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán (from Tegucigalpa)
Diocese of Trujillo (from Tegucigalpa)
Diocese of Yoro (from Tegucigalpa)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1990170,000200,00085.0%121214,16614197ap1991
1999212,700248,80085.5%4131712,51115339ap2000
2000212,700248,80085.5%4131712,51115339ap2001
2001227,000265,00085.7%3121515,133142810ap2002
2002195,000256,00076.2%2121413,92813319ap2003
2003230,000267,00086.1%623297,931254010ap2004
2004190,000283,00067.1%8111910,000133310ap2005
2010230,000327,00070.3%6142011,500152510ap2011
2014250,000355,00070.4%7142111,904162910ap2015
2017259,400369,40070.2%8172510,376173010ap2018
2020237,500447,87653.0%10112111,309112710ap2021

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 79, Page 1,359, and Page 1,360

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