Diocese of

Danlí

Honduras Honduras

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Danlí (español) / Danlien(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Tegucigalpa

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

Present Prelates

Bishop:vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2025.10.10 – ...):Bishop Teodoro Gómez Rivera (62)Bishop Teodoro Gómez Rivera (62)

Bishop of Choluteca (Honduras)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Honduras

Ordinaries

Bishops of Danlí (Roman Rite)

Bishop Teodoro Gómez Rivera (62)Bishop Teodoro Gómez Rivera (62)
(Apostolic Administrator 2025.10.10 – ...)

Bishop José Antonio Canales Motiño (63)Bishop José Antonio Canales Motiño (63)
(2017.01.02 – 2025.10.10)

General Secretary of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama
Bishop emeritus of Danlí (Honduras)

Born:1962.03.19 (La Lima, Honduras)
Ordained Priest:1996.10.12
Consecrated Bishop:2017.03.11

Priest of San Pedro Sula (Honduras) (1996.10.12 – 2017.01.02)

Bishop of Danlí (Honduras) (2017.01.02 – 2025.10.10)

General Secretary of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama (2022.10.23 – ...)

Special Churches

Choluteca (↙), Tegucigalpa (←), Juticalpa (↗), Jinotega (↘), Estelí (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,489 km²

Population: 422,400 Catholics (81.9% of 516,000 total)

Pastoral Centres: 11 parishes, 3 missions

Personnel: 19 priests (14 diocesan, 5 religious), 24 religious (6 brothers, 18 sisters), 12 seminarians

Population

Pastoral Centres

Priests

Religious

Seminarians

Last updated on 2025.11.08

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