The Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa (Spanish: La arquidiócesis de Tegucigalpa) (1916 established, successor to the Diocese of Comayagua, erected 1561) is a
Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or
archdiocese of the
Catholic Church in
Honduras. Until 2023, it was the only
metropolitan see in Honduras, with its
ecclesiastical province covering the whole country.[1][2]
Its
archepiscopal see is the
Cathedral dedicated to
St. Michael Archangel (Catedral Metropolitana de San Miguel de Arcángel), in the national capital,
Tegucigalpa. It also has a
Minor Basilica, National Shrine: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Suyapa, also in Tegucigalpa, and
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy.
Statistics
As per 2014, it pastorally served 1,684,000 Catholics (86.1% of 1,955,000 total per 2014) in 58 parishes and 3 missions with 156 priests (79 diocesan, 77 religious), 1 deacon, 417 lay religious (97 brothers, 320 sisters) and 37 seminarians.