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Roman Catholic Diocese of Choluteca

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Parishes
  
14

Rite
  
Roman Rite

Country
  
Honduras

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
5,775 km²

Roman Catholic Diocese of Choluteca

Metropolitan
  
Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2006) 614,000 532,000 (86.6%)

Established
  
8 September 1964 (52 years ago)

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Choluteca (erected 8 September 1964, as the Territorial Prelature of Choluteca) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa. It was elevated on 29 August 1979.

Ordinaries

  • Marcel Gérin y Boulay, P.M.E. (1964 - 1984)
  • Raúl Corriveau, P.M.E. (1984 - 2005) - Bishop Emeritus
  • Guido Plante, P.M.E. (2005 - 2012) - Bishop Emeritus
  • Guy Charbonneau, P.M.E. (Since 2013)
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Choluteca Wikipedia