Diocese of Gracias
Gratiarum
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Gracias, Honduras
Latin-rite diocese in western Honduras, erected 27 April 2021 from the Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copan. Suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula since the province was created in 2023 (initially under Tegucigalpa). Its seat is Saint Mark Cathedral in Gracias, Lempira.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 27 April 2021
- Latin
- Gratiarum
- Annuario code
- 001005105
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 500,000
- Population
- 574,693
- Catholic share
- 87.0%
- Extent
- 7,537 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 66
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Walter Guillen Soto, S.D.B.
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
Saint Mark Cathedral, Gracias stands in Gracias, 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 San Pedro Sula
A suffragan of Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of San Pedro SulaSan Pedro Sula
- Diocese of La CeibaLa Ceiba
- Diocese of Santa Rosa de CopánSanta Rosa de Copán
- Diocese of TrujilloTrujillo
- Diocese of YoroYoro
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
The see's own website · Wikipedia
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].