Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán

Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán
Dioecesis Sanctae Rosae de Copán
Catedral de Santa Rosa
Location
Country Honduras
Ecclesiastical province Province of Tegucigalpa
Metropolitan Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.
Statistics
Area 17,360 km2 (6,700 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics		 (as of 2010)
1,289,000
1,150,000 (90%)
Parishes 42
Information
Denomination Roman Catholic
Rite Roman Rite
Established 2 February 1916 (102 years ago)
Cathedral Cathedral of St. Rose
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Darwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán (erected 2 February 1916) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa.

Ordinaries

  • Claudio María Volio y Jímenez (1916–1926)
  • Angelo Maria Navarro (1928–1951)
  • Carlos Luis Geromini (1952–1958)
  • Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, S.D.B. (1958–1962)
  • José Carranza Chévez (1962–1980)
  • Luis Alfonso Santos Villeda, S.D.B. (1984–2011)
  • Darwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S. (since 2011)
  • "Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-02.

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