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Roman Catholic Diocese of Juticalpa

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Diocese of Juticalpa

Dioecesis Iuticalpensis
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción
Location
CountryHonduras
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of Tegucigalpa
MetropolitanOscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.
Statistics
Area24,351 km2 (9,402 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
546,129
491,201 (89.9%)
Parishes13
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteRoman Rite
Established6 March 1949 (75 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJosé Bonello, O.F.M.
Bishops emeritusTomás Andrés Mauro Muldoon, O.F.M.
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Juticalpa (erected 6 March 1949, as the Territorial Prelature of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa. It was elevated as the Diocese of Juticalpa on 31 October 1987.

Ordinaries

  • "Diocese of Juticalpa". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-03-02.