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Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula

de Sancto Petro Sula

Metropolitan see · Latin Church · San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Latin-rite metropolitan archdiocese in northern Honduras, erected in 1916 as the Vicariate Apostolic of San Pedro Sula, made a diocese on 6 July 1963, and elevated to metropolitan archdiocese on 26 January 2023. Its seat is the Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle in San Pedro Sula. Its suffragans are La Ceiba, Gracias, Santa Rosa de Copan, Trujillo, and Yoro.

The see

Rank
Metropolitan see
Tradition
Latin Church
Erected
2 February 1916
Latin
de Sancto Petro Sula
Annuario code
001002937

The see in figures

Catholics
900,000
Population
1,570,291
Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
57.3%
Priests
76
Catholics per priest
11,842
Extent
3,923 km²
Catholics per km²
229

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

Archbishop
Michael Lenihan, O.F.M.

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 St. Peter the Apostle, San Pedro Sula stands in San Pedro Sula, 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

This see is the metropolitan of its province.

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.