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Diocese of Gracias

Gratiarum

Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Gracias, Honduras

Latin-rite diocese in western Honduras, erected 27 April 2021 from the Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copan. Suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula since the province was created in 2023 (initially under Tegucigalpa). Its seat is Saint Mark Cathedral in Gracias, Lempira.

The see

Rank
Suffragan diocese
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
27 April 2021
Latin
Gratiarum
Annuario code
001005105

The see in figures

Catholics
500,000
Population
574,693
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
87.0%
Priests
40
Catholics per priest
12,500
Extent
7,537 km²
Catholics per km²
66

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
Walter Guillen Soto, S.D.B.

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

Saint Mark Cathedral, Gracias stands in Gracias, 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 San Pedro Sula

A suffragan of Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula.

The sees of this province:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

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.