Diocese of

La Ceiba

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: La Ceiba (español) / Ceiben(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Pedro Sula

Bishop:

vacant

Bishops of La Ceiba (Roman Rite)

Bishop Michael Lenihan, O.F.M. (71) (later Archbishop)
(2011.12.30 – 2023.01.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Pedro Sula (Honduras)

Bishop of La Ceiba (Honduras) (2011.12.30 – 2023.01.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Pedro Sula (Honduras) (2023.01.26 – ...)

Area: 4,251 km²

Population: 407,865 Catholics (74.8% of 545,360 total) (2020)

Statistics: 14 parishes, 28 priests (14 diocesan, 14 religious), 57 lay religious (18 brothers, 39 sisters), 7 seminarians (2020)

2011.12.30: Established as Diocese of La Ceiba (español) / Ceiben(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of San Pedro Sula and became suffragan of Tegucigalpa)
2023.01.26: Became suffragan of San Pedro Sula

Last updated on 2023.04.13