Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula
de Sancto Petro Sula
Metropolitan see · Latin Church · San Pedro Sula, Honduras
Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in northern Honduras, erected in 1916 as the Vicariate Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, made a diocese on 6 July 1963, and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese on 26 January 2023. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle in San Pedro Sula. Its suffragans are La Ceiba, Gracias, Santa Rosa de Copan, Trujillo, and Yoro.
The see
- Rank
- Metropolitan see
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 February 1916
- Latin
- de Sancto Petro Sula
- Annuario code
- 001002937
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 900,000
- Population
- 1,570,291
- Catholic share
- 57.3%
- Priests
- 76
- Catholics per priest
- 11,842
- Extent
- 3,923 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 229
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
- Archbishop
- Michael Lenihan, O.F.M.
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
Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle, San Pedro Sula stands in San Pedro Sula, 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
This see is the metropolitan of its province.
The sees of this province:
- Diocese of GraciasGracias
- 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].