The Roman Catholic Diocese of Danlí is a Latin suffragan bishopric in the ecclesiastical province (covering all Honduras) of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, with see at Danlí, in southern Honduras's El Paraíso department (but not its capital).
Its cathedral episcopal is the Catedral de la Inmaculata Concepción, devoted to the Immaculate Conception, in Danlí.
History
The diocese was erected on 2 January 2017 by Pope Francis, on Honduran territory split off from that of its Metropolitan mother see, the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa. It was immediately subject to the Roman Congregation for Bishops, without a (semi-)missionary stage. Its first ordinary was José Antonio Canales Motiño, appointed on 2 January 2017.[1]
Episcopal ordinaries
- José Antonio Canales Motiño (2 January 2017 – 10 October 2025, resigned)[1]
- Teodoro Gómez Rivera (10 October 2025 – 25 July 2026), Apostolic Administrator
- Patricio Larrosa Martos (since 15 May 2026)[1]
Sources and external links
- GCatholic - data for all sections
References
- 1.[1.2][1.3]"Diocese of Danlí, Honduras 🇭🇳". GCatholic. Retrieved 2025-06-16.