Diocese of

La Ceiba

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: La Ceiba (español) / Ceiben(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Pedro Sula

2011.12.30: Established as Diocese of La Ceiba (español) / Ceiben(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of San Pedro Sula and became suffragan of Tegucigalpa)
2023.01.26: Became suffragan of San Pedro Sula

Bishop:

vacant

Bishops of La Ceiba (Roman Rite)

Bishop Michael Lenihan, O.F.M. (73) (later Archbishop)
(2011.12.30 – 2023.01.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Pedro Sula (Honduras)

Bishop of La Ceiba (Honduras) (2011.12.30 – 2023.01.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Pedro Sula (Honduras) (2023.01.26 – ...)

Area: 4,251 km²

Population: 433,000 Catholics (74.7% of 579,476 total)

Pastoral Centres: 14 parishes

Personnel: 27 priests (13 diocesan, 14 religious), 50 religious (17 brothers, 33 sisters), 4 seminarians

Last updated on 2025.01.03