Diocese of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras 🇭🇳

Rite: Roman (Latin)

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

Ecclesiastical Province: San Pedro Sula

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

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Celebrations

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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 (2025.07.03 – ...):

Bishop Héctor David García Osorio (59)

President of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama

Ordinaries

Bishops of Santa Rosa de Copán (Roman Rite)

Bishop Héctor David García Osorio (59)
(2025.07.03 – ...)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (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 – 2025.07.03)

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 – ...)

Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras) (2025.07.03 – ...)

Bishop Darwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S. (66)
(2011.11.07 – 2024.12.16)

Bishop emeritus of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras)
former Vice-President of Episcopal Conference of 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 – 2024.12.16)

Bishop Luis Alfonso Santos Villeda, S.D.B. (89)
(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. (83) (later Cardinal)
(Apostolic Administrator 1981 – 1984.01.27)

Bishop José Carranza Chévez
(1962.06.10 – 1980.07.17)

Born:	1920.03.31 (Comayagua, 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 (Ocotepeque, Honduras)
Ordained Priest:	1947.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1958.12.12
Died:	2005.05.10 (Tegucigalpa, Honduras † 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 (Tegucigalpa, 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 (Guarita, Honduras)
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 (Cartago, 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