Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Metropolitan Archdiocese Metr. Archdiocese

Name: Tegucigalpa / Tegucigalpen(sis) (Latin)

Suffragan Sees: Choluteca, Comayagua, Danlí, Juticalpa

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

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History

1916.02.02: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa / Tegucigalpen(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Comayagua and with suffragan sees Santa Rosa de Copán and San Pedro Sula)
1949.03.06: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho and gained suffragan see Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho
1963.03.13: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Comayagua and gained suffragan see Comayagua
1964.09.08: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Choluteca and gained suffragan see Choluteca
1987.07.03: Gained suffragan see Trujillo
2005.09.19: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Yoro and gained suffragan see Yoro
2011.12.30: Gained suffragan see La Ceiba
2017.01.02: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Danlí and gained suffragan see Danlí
2021.04.27: Gained suffragan see Gracias
2023.01.26: Lost suffragan sees Gracias, La Ceiba, San Pedro Sula, Santa Rosa de Copán, Trujillo and Yoro

Papal Visits

Pope John Paul II (1983.03)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop (2023.01.26 – ...):

Archbishop José Vicente Nácher Tatay, C.M. (60)

President of Episcopal Conference of Honduras

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Tegucigalpa (Roman Rite)

Archbishop José Vicente Nácher Tatay, C.M. (60)
(2023.01.26 – ...)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras)
President of Episcopal Conference of Honduras

Humilis et simplex

Born:	1964.04.10 (Valencia, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1991.10.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.03.25

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) (2023.01.26 – ...)

President of Episcopal Conference of Honduras (2023.10.17 – ...)

Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. (82)
(1993.01.08 – 2023.01.26)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Speranza
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Tegucigalpa (Honduras)
Coordinator emeritus of Council of Cardinals

Mihi vivere Christus est

Born:	1942.12.29 (Tegucigalpa, Honduras)
Ordained Priest:	1970.06.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1978.12.08
Created Cardinal:	2001.02.21

Titular Bishop of Pudentiana (1978.10.28 – 1993.01.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) (1978.10.28 – 1993.01.08)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Honduras (1980 – 1988)

Apostolic Administrator of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras) (1981 – 1984.01.27)

General Secretary of Latin American Episcopal Council (1987 – 1991)

Apostolic Administrator of San Pedro Sula (Honduras) (1993 – 1994.11.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) (1993.01.08 – 2023.01.26)

President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1995 – 1999)

President of Episcopal Conference of Honduras (1996 – 2016.06.13)

Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Speranza (2001.02.21 [2001.05.27] – ...)

President of Caritas Internationalis (2007.06.05 [2007.06.09] – 2015.05.15)

Coordinator of Council of Cardinals (2013.04.13 – 2023.03.07)

Archbishop Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, S.D.B.
(1962.05.18 – 1993.01.08)

Born:	1917.09.17 (Honduras)
Ordained Priest:	1947.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.12.12
Died:	2005.05.10 († 87)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras) (1958.09.12 – 1962.05.18)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) (1962.05.18 – 1993.01.08)

President of Episcopal Conference of Honduras (1963 – 1993)

Archbishop José de la Cruz Turcios y Barahona, S.D.B.
(1947.12.08 – 1962.05.18)

Born:	1884.09.01 (Honduras)
Ordained Priest:	1920.01.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1943.08.15
Died:	1968.07.18 († 83)

Titular Bishop of Carrhæ (1943.05.28 – 1947.12.08)

Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras) (1943.05.28 – 1947.12.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) (1947.12.08 – 1962.05.18)

Titular Archbishop of Nisibis (1962.05.18 – 1968.07.18)

Bishop Angelo Maria Navarro
(Apostolic Administrator 1943 – 1947)

Msgr. Emilio Morales Roque
(Apostolic Administrator 1934 – 1943)

Archbishop Agustín Hombach, C.M.
(1923.02.03 – 1933.10.17)

Born:	1879.10.29 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1907.02.24
Consecrated Bishop:	1923.05.10
Died:	1933.10.17 († 53)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) (1923.02.03 – 1933.10.17)

Archbishop Jaime-Maria Martinez y Cabanas
(1916.02.02 – 1921.08.11)

Born:	1842.11.12
Ordained Priest:	1871.01.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1902.07.20
Died:	1921.08.11 († 78)

Bishop of Comayagua (Honduras) (1902.01.30 – 1916.02.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) (1916.02.02 – 1921.08.11)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Teodoro Gómez Rivera (61) (2020.11.14 – 2023.01.26)
Auxiliary Bishop: Fr. Walter Guillén Soto, S.D.B. (63) (later Bishop) (2020.11.14 – 2021.04.27)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Darwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S. (65) (2006.04.01 – 2011.11.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, C.M.F. (64) (2005.05.21 – 2018.07.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Roberto Camilleri Azzopardi, O.F.M. (2001.07.26 – 2004.05.21)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. (82) (later Cardinal) (1978.10.28 – 1993.01.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Evelio Domínguez Recinos (1957.09.11 – 1988.04.20)