Roman Catholic Diocese of Yoro

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Diocese of Yoro

Dioecesis Yorensis
ProgresoCathedral.jpg
Cathedral in El Progresso
Location
CountryHonduras
Ecclesiastical province Province of Tegucigalpa
Statistics
Area7,781 km2 (3,004 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics (including non-members)
(as of 2010)
546,126
441,525 (80.8%)
Parishes11
Information
Denomination Catholic
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established19 September 2005 (17 years ago)
CathedralCatedral Las Mercedes
Current leadership
Pope Francis
BishopDavid Garcia Hector Osorio
Metropolitan Archbishop Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.
Map
Diocese of Yoro HN.svg

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.

History

Formerly in the Diocese of Tegucigalpa, Yoro was formed due to the extent of the territory covered, under papal order by Benedict XVI on 18 September 2005. The Canadian priest Juan Luis Giasson, was made Bishop. On the death of Bishop Juan Luis Giasson, Pope Francis appointed Hector David Garcia Osorio as senior official of the diocese on July 3, 2014.

Parishes

The diocese has twelve parishes and 25 priests.

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Bishops

Ordinaries


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