Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula

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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula (erected on 2 February 1916 as the Vicariate Apostolic of San Pedro Sula) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Honduras. It was a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa until 2023, when it was made a metropolitan archdiocese. It was elevated on 6 July 1963.

Ecclesiastical Province of San Pedro Sula

Its suffragan sees are:

Leadership

  • Juan Sastre y Riutort, C.M. (1924–1949)
  • Antonio Capdevilla Ferrando, C.M. (1953–1962)
  • José García Villas, C.M. (1963–1965)
  • Jaime Brufau Maciá, C.M. (1966–1993)
  • Angel Garachana Pérez, C.M.F. (1994–2023)

Auxiliary bishops

  • Rómulo Emiliani Sánchez (2002-2017)

Territorial losses

YearAlong withTo form
1987Diocese of Trujillo
2011Diocese of La Ceiba