Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Choluteca | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Cholutecensis |
Border: | Catholic |
Country: | Honduras |
Metropolitan: | José Vicente Nácher Tatay, CM |
Province: | Province of Tegucigalpa |
Coordinates: | 13.3064°N -87.1949°W |
Area Km2: | 6,282 |
Population: | 726,250 |
Population As Of: | 2021 |
Catholics: | 544,370 |
Parishes: | 16 |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 8 September 1964 (years ago) |
Cathedral: | Spanish; Castilian: Catedral de la Inmaculada Concepción (Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception), Choluteca |
Priests: | 32 (30 diocesan; 2 religious) |
Bishop Title: | Bishop |
Metro Archbishop: | Jose Vicente Nacher Tatay |
Map: | Diocese of Choluteca HN.svg |
The Diocese of Choluteca (erected 8 September 1964, as the Territorial Prelature of Choluteca) is a Latin Catholic diocese in Honduras. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa. Choluteca was elevated to a diocese on 29 August 1979.