Diocese of Yoro
Yoren(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Yoro, Honduras
Latin-rite diocese covering Yoro department in Honduras, erected 19 September 2005 from the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, with its seat at Catedral Las Mercedes in El Progreso. Since 2023 it is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula. The see is vacant; Bishop Jenrry Johel Velasquez Hernandez of La Ceiba serves as apostolic administrator as of 2025.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 19 September 2005
- Latin
- Yoren(sis)
- Annuario code
- 001000214
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 441,525
- Population
- 546,126
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 80.8%
- Priests
- 26
- Catholics per priest
- 16,982
- Extent
- 7,781 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 57
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 Velásquez Hernández
- 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
Catedral Las Mercedes, El Progreso stands in Yoro, 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 La CeibaLa Ceiba
- Diocese of Santa Rosa de CopánSanta Rosa de Copán
- Diocese of TrujilloTrujillo
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.