Diocese of Yoro Dioecesis Yorensis | |
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 Cathedral in El Progresso | |
| Location | |
| Country | Honduras |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Tegucigalpa |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,781 km2 (3,004 sq mi) |
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| Parishes | 11 |
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| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 19 September 2005 (19 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral Las Mercedes |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Vacant |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. |
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The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Yoro (Latin: Dioecesis Yorensis) covers the department Yoro in Honduras. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula.
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The diocese was erected on 19 September 2005 with territory taken from the archdiocese of Tegucigalpa and was a suffragan of that archdiocese until the erection of the metropolitan province of San Pedro Sula in 2023. Jean-Louis Giasson, P.M.E. was appointed as the first bishop of the diocese. The Cathedral in the city of El Progreso, Yoro.
