Diocese of Danlí
Danlien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Danlí, Honduras
The Diocese of Danli is a Latin rite see in eastern Honduras, erected on 2 January 2017 with Jose Antonio Canales Motino as its first bishop. Pope Leo XIV accepted Canales's resignation on 10 October 2025, naming Bishop Teodoro Gomez Rivera of Choluteca apostolic administrator. On 15 May 2026 Pope Leo XIV appointed the Spanish-born missionary Patricio Larrosa Martos, founder of ACOES and vicar general of Tegucigalpa, as second Bishop of Danli, with episcopal ordination scheduled for 25 July 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 January 2017
- Latin
- Danlien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001005073
The bishop
- Bishop
- Patricio Larrosa Martos (bishop-elect, appointed 15 May 2026)
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción, Danlí stands in Danlí, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Tegucigalpa
A suffragan of Tegucigalpa.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TegucigalpaTegucigalpa
- Diocese of CholutecaCholuteca
- Diocese of ComayaguaComayagua
- Diocese of JuticalpaJuticalpa
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].