Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Santa Rosa de Copán / Sanctæ Rosæ de Copán (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Pedro Sula

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1916.02.02: Established as Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán / Sanctæ Rosæ de Copán (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Comayagua and became suffragan of Tegucigalpa)
2021.04.27: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Gracias
2023.01.26: Became suffragan of San Pedro Sula

Present Prelates

Bishop:

vacant

Ordinaries

Bishops of Santa Rosa de Copán (Roman Rite)

Bishop Darwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S. (65)
(2011.11.07 – 2024.12.16)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Honduras
Bishop emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras)

Born:	1959.08.06 (Tegucigalpa, Honduras)
Ordained Priest:	1990.12.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2006.06.24

Titular Bishop of Horta (2006.04.01 – 2011.11.07)

Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) (2006.04.01 – 2011.11.07)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras) (2011.11.07 – 2024.12.16)

Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of Honduras (2022.06.08 – ...)

Bishop Luis Alfonso Santos Villeda, S.D.B. (88)
(1984.01.27 – 2011.11.07)

Bishop emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras)

Born:	1936.11.07 (Ocotepeque, Honduras)
Ordained Priest:	1966.05.05
Consecrated Bishop:	1984.03.17

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras) (1984.01.27 – 2011.11.07)

Bishop Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. (81) (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1981 – 1984.01.27)

Bishop José Carranza Chévez
(1962.06.10 – 1980.07.17)

Born:	1920.03.31 (Honduras)
Ordained Priest:	1942.12.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1962.07.25
Died:	1980.07.17 († 60)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras) (1962.06.10 – 1980.07.17)

Bishop Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, S.D.B. (later Archbishop)
(1958.09.12 – 1962.05.18)

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)

Bishop Carlos Luis Geromini
(1952.04.20 – 1958.05.23)

Born:	1906.07.16 (Honduras)
Ordained Priest:	1930.06.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1952.06.08
Died:	1972.03.08 († 65)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras) (1952.04.20 – 1958.05.23)

Titular Bishop of Zabi (1958.05.23 – 1972.03.08)

Bishop Angelo Maria Navarro
(1928.12.17 – 1951.07.31)

Born:	1870.08.02
Ordained Priest:	1899.05.28
Consecrated Bishop:	1929.04.07
Died:	1951.07.31 († 80)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras) (1928.12.17 – 1951.07.31)

Apostolic Administrator of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) (1943 – 1947)

Bishop Claudio María Volio y Jímenez (later Archbishop)
(1916.02.08 – 1926.11.12)

Born:	1874.10.28 (Costa Rica)
Ordained Priest:	1898.12.18
Consecrated Bishop:	1916.05.26
Died:	1945.01.19 († 70)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras) (1916.02.08 – 1926.11.12)

Titular Bishop of Laranda (1926.11.12 – 1940.04.18)

Titular Archbishop of Soteropolis (1940.04.18 – 1945.01.19)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop José de la Cruz Turcios y Barahona, S.D.B. (later Archbishop) (1943.05.28 – 1947.12.08)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral de Santa Rosa, Santa Rosa de Copán, Copán

Santo Cristo de Esquipulas (←), Zacapa (←), Izabal (↑), San Pedro Sula (↗), Gracias (↘), Chalatenango (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 9,896 km²

Population: 946,100 Catholics (87.6% of 1,079,560 total)

Pastoral Centres: 27 parishes

Personnel: 58 priests (46 diocesan, 12 religious), 1 deacon, 83 religious (44 brothers, 39 sisters), 14 seminarians

Diocese of

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