Metropolitan see San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula

de Sancto Petro Sula

Latin Church

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.

On the map

The address the register holds for Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle, San Pedro Sula, in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

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Established: 1916
Catholics: 900,000
Priests: 76
Territory: 3,923 km²

Parishes and churches

33 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Archbishop: Michael Lenihan, O.F.M.

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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.

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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 shareof the people living within its bounds: 57.3%
Priests: 76
Catholics per priest: 11,842
Extent: 3,923 km²
Catholics per km²: 229

Figures from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.

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.

Sees near here

Diocese of YoroYoro27 km
Apostolic Vicariate of IzabalIzabal, Guatemala66 km
Diocese of ComayaguaComayagua103 km
Diocese of Santa Rosa de CopánSanta Rosa de Copán115 km
Diocese of GraciasGracias118 km
Diocese of La CeibaLa Ceiba136 km
Diocese of Zacapa y Santo Cristo de EsquipulasZacapa, Guatemala172 km
Archdiocese of TegucigalpaTegucigalpa183 km

Measured see to see, from the point each record holds. On how the Church is ordered, see the diocese.

Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: [email protected].