Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán
Sanctae Rosae de Copán
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
Latin-rite diocese in western Honduras, erected 2 February 1916, with its seat at the Cathedral of St. Rose (Catedral de Santa Rosa) in Santa Rosa de Copan. Since 2023 it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula. Bishop Hector David Garcia Osorio was appointed in 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 February 1916
- Latin
- Sanctae Rosae de Copán
- Annuario code
- 001002961
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 1,150,000
- Population
- 1,289,000
- Catholic share
- 89.2%
- Priests
- 60
- Catholics per priest
- 19,167
- Extent
- 17,360 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
- Hector David Garcia Osorio
- Born
- 23 September 1966
- Birthplace
- Concepción de María
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. Rose, Santa Rosa de Copan stands in Santa Rosa de Copán, 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 GraciasGracias
- Diocese of La CeibaLa Ceiba
- Diocese of TrujilloTrujillo
- Diocese of YoroYoro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Chancery
- Obispado, 2a Calle N.E. 122, Ave. Minerva, Barrio Mercedes, Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras
- Telephone
- 9997-2736
- [email protected]
This see keeps no website of its own, so its chancery is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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 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].