Diocese of Danlí
Danlien(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Danlí, Honduras
The Diocese of Danli is a Latin rite see in eastern Honduras, erected on 2 January 2017 with Jose Antonio Canales Motino as its first bishop. Pope Leo XIV accepted Canales's resignation on 10 October 2025, naming Bishop Teodoro Gomez Rivera of Choluteca apostolic administrator. On 15 May 2026 Pope Leo XIV appointed the Spanish-born missionary Patricio Larrosa Martos, founder of ACOES and vicar general of Tegucigalpa, as second Bishop of Danli, with episcopal ordination scheduled for 25 July 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 2 January 2017
- Latin
- Danlien(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001005073
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 422,400
- Population
- 516,000
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 81.9%
- Priests
- 19
- Catholics per priest
- 22,232
- Extent
- 7,489 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 56
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
- Patricio Larrosa Martos (bishop-elect, appointed 15 May 2026)
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 Concepción, Danlí stands in Danlí, 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 CholutecaCholuteca
- Diocese of ComayaguaComayagua
- Diocese of JuticalpaJuticalpa
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
How to reach it
- Diocesan offices
- Obispado, Calle del Canal 1933, Danlí, El Paraiso, Honduras
- Telephone
- 9799-2021
This see keeps no website of its own, so the address of its diocesan offices is published here: withholding it would protect nothing and leave a reader with nowhere to go. Where a see publishes its own site, the register sends you there instead.
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Compiled from the published references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.