Diocese of Choluteca
Cholutecen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Choluteca, Honduras
The Diocese of Choluteca is a Latin rite see in southern Honduras, suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, with its seat at the Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepcion in Choluteca and 17 parishes plus 4 missions. Bishop Teodoro Gomez Rivera was appointed in 2023 and also serves as apostolic administrator of the neighboring Diocese of Danli since October 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1964
- Latin
- Cholutecen(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001146
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 544,370
- Population
- 726,250
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 75.0%
- Priests
- 32
- Catholics per priest
- 17,012
- Extent
- 6,282 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 87
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Teodoro Gomez Rivera
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepcion, Choluteca stands in Choluteca, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Tegucigalpa
A suffragan of Tegucigalpa.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of TegucigalpaTegucigalpa
- Diocese of ComayaguaComayagua
- Diocese of DanlíDanlí
- Diocese of JuticalpaJuticalpa
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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The see's own website · Wikipedia
Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.