Diocese of Juticalpa Dioecesis Iuticalpensis | |
|---|---|
 Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción | |
| Location | |
| Country |  Honduras |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Tegucigalpa |
| Metropolitan | Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 24,351 km2 (9,402 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2006) 546,129 491,201 (89.9%) |
| Parishes | 13 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 6 March 1949 (74 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | José Bonello, O.F.M. |
| Bishops emeritus | Tomás Andrés Mauro Muldoon, O.F.M. |
| Map | |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Juticalpa (erected 6 March 1949, as the Territorial Prelature of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa. It was elevated as the Diocese of Juticalpa on 31 October 1987.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Bernardino N. Mazzarella, O.F.M. (1954–1963)
- Nicholas D'Antonio Salza, O.F.M. (1963–1977)
- Tomás Andrés Mauro Muldoon, O.F.M. (1983–2012)
- José Bonello, O.F.M. (2012–)
Coadjutor bishop
- José Bonello, O.F.M. (2010-2012)
See also
References
External links
- "Diocese of Juticalpa". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-02. [self-published]
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