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Metropolitan see Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa

Tegucigalpen(sis)

Latin Church

Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese seated in the Honduran capital, originating as the Diocese of Comayagua erected in 1561 and elevated to archdiocese on 2 February 1916. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel, and it also holds the national shrine Basilica of Suyapa. Its suffragans are Choluteca, Comayagua, Danli, and Juticalpa.

On the map

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel, Tegucigalpa, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

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Established
1561
Catholics
1,550,000
Priests
134
Territory
15,167 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Archbishop
Jose Vicente Nacher Tatay, C.M.

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Michael the Archangel, Tegucigalpa stands in Tegucigalpa, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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