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Suffragan diocese Yoro, Honduras

Diocese of Yoro

Yoren(sis)

Latin Church

Latin-rite diocese covering Yoro department in Honduras, erected 19 September 2005 from the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, with its seat at Catedral Las Mercedes in El Progreso. Since 2023 it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula. The see is vacant; Bishop Jenrry Johel Velasquez Hernandez of La Ceiba serves as apostolic administrator as of 2025.

On the map

Esri
The address the register holds for Catedral Las Mercedes, El Progreso, in Yoro, Honduras.

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Established
2005
Catholics
441,525
Priests
26
Territory
7,781 km²

Parishes and churches

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

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The bishop

Bishop
Jenrry Johel Velásquez Hernández
Born
23 July 1977
Birthplace
San Antonio la Cuesta

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The cathedral

Catedral Las Mercedes, El Progreso stands in Yoro, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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