Roman Catholic Diocese of Choluteca

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Parishes 14 Rite Roman Rite Country Honduras		Denomination Roman Catholic Area 5,775 km²

Metropolitan Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2006)614,000532,000 (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

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