History

• 1916.02.02: Established as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa / Tegucigalpen(sis) (Latin) (from the suppressed Diocese of Comayagua and with suffragan sees Santa Rosa de Copán and San Pedro Sula)
• 1949.03.06: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho and gained suffragan see Inmaculada Concepción de la B.V.M. en Olancho
• 1963.03.13: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Comayagua and gained suffragan see Comayagua
• 1964.09.08: Lost territory to establish Territorial Prelature of Choluteca and gained suffragan see Choluteca
• 1987.07.03: Gained suffragan see Trujillo
• 2005.09.19: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Yoro and gained suffragan see Yoro
• 2011.12.30: Gained suffragan see La Ceiba
• 2017.01.02: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Danlí and gained suffragan see Danlí
• 2021.04.27: Gained suffragan see Gracias

Papal Visits

• Pope John Paul II (1983.03)

Special Churches

• Cathedral: Catedral Metropolitana de San Miguel de Arcángel, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
• Minor Basilica, National Shrine: Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Suyapa, Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazán
• Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

Present Prelates Metropolitan Archbishop (1993.01.08 – ...): Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. (79) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Speranza Coordinator of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia Auxiliary Bishop (2020.11.14 – ...): Bishop Teodoro Gómez Rivera (59) Titular Bishop of Castellum Tatroportus Ordinaries Metropolitan Archbishops of Tegucigalpa (Roman Rite) Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. (79) (1993.01.08 – ...) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Speranza Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) Coordinator of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia Mihi vivere Christus est Born: 1942.12.29 (Tegucigalpa, Honduras) Ordained Priest: 1970.06.28 Consecrated Bishop: 1978.12.08 Created Cardinal: 2001.02.21 Titular Bishop of Pudentiana (1978.10.28 – 1993.01.08) Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) (1978.10.28 – 1993.01.08) Apostolic Administrator of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras) (1981 – 1984.01.27) General Secretary of Latin American Episcopal Council (1987 – 1991) Apostolic Administrator of San Pedro Sula (Honduras) (1993 – 1994.11.11) Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) (1993.01.08 – ...) President of Latin American Episcopal Council (1995 – 1999) President of Episcopal Conference of Honduras (1996 – 2016.06.13) Cardinal-Priest of S. Maria della Speranza (2001.02.21 [2001.05.27] – ...) President of Caritas Internationalis (2007.06.05 [2007.06.09] – 2015.05.15) Coordinator of Council of Cardinals to assist in the governance of the Universal Church and to reform the Roman Curia (2013.04.13 – ...) Archbishop Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, S.D.B. (1962.05.18 – 1993.01.08) 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) Archbishop José de la Cruz Turcios y Barahona, S.D.B. (1947.12.08 – 1962.05.18) Born: 1884.09.01 (Honduras) Ordained Priest: 1920.01.01 Consecrated Bishop: 1943.08.15 Died: 1968.07.18 († 83) Titular Bishop of Carrhæ (1943.05.28 – 1947.12.08) Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán (Honduras) (1943.05.28 – 1947.12.08) Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) (1947.12.08 – 1962.05.18) Titular Archbishop of Nisibis (1962.05.18 – 1968.07.18) Bishop Angelo Maria Navarro (Apostolic Administrator 1943 – 1947) Msgr. Emilio Morales Roque (Apostolic Administrator 1934 – 1943) Archbishop Agustín Hombach, C.M. (1923.02.03 – 1933.10.17) Born: 1879.10.29 (Germany) Ordained Priest: 1907.02.24 Consecrated Bishop: 1923.05.10 Died: 1933.10.17 († 53) Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) (1923.02.03 – 1933.10.17) Archbishop Jaime-Maria Martinez y Cabanas (1916.02.02 – 1921.08.11) Born: 1842.11.12 Died: 1921.08.11 († 78) Bishop of Comayagua (Honduras) (1902.01.30 – 1916.02.02) Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (Honduras) (1916.02.02 – 1921.08.11)

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Former Prelates

• Auxiliary Bishop:  Fr. Walter Guillén Soto, S.D.B. (60) (later Bishop) (2020.11.14 – 2021.04.27)
• Auxiliary Bishop:  Bishop Darwin Rudy Andino Ramírez, C.R.S. (63) (2006.04.01 – 2011.11.07)
• Auxiliary Bishop:  Bishop Juan José Pineda Fasquelle, C.M.F. (61) (2005.05.21 – 2018.07.20)
• Auxiliary Bishop:  Bishop Roberto Camilleri Azzopardi, O.F.M. (71) (2001.07.26 – 2004.05.21)
• Auxiliary Bishop:  Bishop Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. (79) (later Cardinal) (1978.10.28 – 1993.01.08)
• Auxiliary Bishop:  Bishop Evelio Domínguez Recinos (1957.09.11 – 1988.04.20)

as of 2022.08.06

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