Diocese of La Ceiba
Ceiben(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · La Ceiba, Honduras
Latin-rite diocese on the Caribbean coast of Honduras, erected 30 December 2011 with its seat at the Cathedral of San Isidro Labrador in La Ceiba. Originally suffragan of Tegucigalpa, it was transferred to the new province of San Pedro Sula on 26 January 2023. Bishop Jenrry Johel Velasquez Hernandez was appointed 12 June 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 30 December 2011
- Latin
- Ceiben(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001001928
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 398,800
- Population
- 547,709
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 72.8%
- Priests
- 27
- Catholics per priest
- 14,770
- Extent
- 4,640 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 86
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
- Jenrry Johel Velasquez Hernandez
- Born
- 23 July 1977
- Birthplace
- San Antonio la Cuesta
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
Cathedral of San Isidro Labrador, La Ceiba stands in La Ceiba, 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:
- Archdiocese of San Pedro SulaSan Pedro Sula
- Diocese of GraciasGracias
- Diocese of Santa Rosa de CopánSanta Rosa de Copán
- Diocese of TrujilloTrujillo
- Diocese of YoroYoro
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.