Roman Catholic Diocese of Danlí

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).

Diocese of Danlí

Dioecesis Danliensis
Location
CountryHonduras
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Tegucigalpa
Statistics
Area7,489 km2 (2,892 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2020)
502,944
415,480 (82.6%)
Parishes11
Information
DenominationCatholic
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established02 January 2017 (7 years ago)
CathedralCatedral de la Inmaculata Concepción
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJose Antonio Canales Motiño
Metropolitan ArchbishopJosé Vicente Nácher Tatay
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Its cathedral episcopal is the Catedral de la Inmaculata Concepción, devoted to the Immaculate Conception, in Danlí.

History

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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.[1]

Episcopal ordinaries

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Its first and present Suffragan Bishop is José Antonio Canales Motiño, bishop-elect since 2 January 2017, a secular cleric, born on 19 March 1962 in Honduras, ordained Priest on 12 October 1996.[2]

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