Diocese of Yoro, Honduras

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Yoro / Yoren(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Pedro Sula

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

2005.09.19: Established as Diocese of Yoro / Yoren(sis) (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa and became suffragan of Tegucigalpa)
2023.01.26: Became suffragan of San Pedro Sula

Present Prelates

Bishop (2014.07.03 – ...):

Bishop Héctor David García Osorio (58)

President of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama

Ordinaries

Bishops of Yoro (Roman Rite)

Bishop Héctor David García Osorio (58)
(2014.07.03 – ...)

Bishop of Yoro (Honduras)
President of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama

Aquí estoy señor

Born:	1966.09.23 (Concepción de María, Honduras)
Ordained Priest:	1997.11.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2014.09.20

Priest of Choluteca (Honduras) (1997.11.08 – 2014.07.03)

Bishop of Yoro (Honduras) (2014.07.03 – ...)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Honduras (2016.06.13 – 2019.06.06)

President of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama (2023.11.29 – ...)

Msgr. Francisco Martínez González
(Apostolic Administrator 2014.01.21 – 2014.07.03)

Bishop Jean-Louis Giasson, P.M.E.
(2005.09.19 – 2014.01.21)

Comunión y participación

Born:	1939.12.07 (Islet-sur-Mer, QC, Canada)
Ordained Priest:	1965.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.12.12
Died:	2014.02.12 († 74)

Bishop of Yoro (Honduras) (2005.09.19 – 2014.01.21)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral Las Mercedes, El Progreso, Yoro

San Pedro Sula (←), La Ceiba (↗), Trujillo (→), Juticalpa (↘), Tegucigalpa (↘), Comayagua (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 7,781 km²

Population: 546,000 Catholics (80.2% of 681,065 total)

Pastoral Centres: 13 parishes

Personnel: 27 priests (12 diocesan, 15 religious), 38 religious (15 brothers, 23 sisters), 7 seminarians

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