Episcopal Conference of Honduras explained

The Episcopal Conference of Honduras (Spanish; Castilian: Conferencia Episcopal de Honduras|italic=unset) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in Honduras, where bishops establish policies and programs for pastoral governance.

Function

The Episcopal Conference of Honduras is a permanent institution of the Catholic Church whose membership comprises all the country's diocesan bishops and their peers, including coadjutors, auxiliaries, and emeriti. As a conference they jointly exercise some pastoral functions as the times and society require.

Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal bodies, but they were established as formal entities by the Second Vatican Council and implemented by Pope Paul VI in Ecclesiae Sanctae in 1966. Their work is governed by the Code of Canon Law and the nature of their magisterial authority was clarified by Pope John Paul II in Apostolos Suos in 1998.^[1]

Its leadership positions are filled by election in which all the members of the conference can participate. Current rules provide for a president to be elected to a three-year term, which can be renewed once.

Leadership

In June 2022, the Conference elected as president Roberto Camilleri, Bishop of Comayagüa, and as vice president Darwin Andino, bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán.^[2]

Presidents

• Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (1963 – 1993)
• Raúl Corriveau, Bishop of Choluteca (1993 – 1996)
• Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, Cardinal Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (1996 – 2016)^[3]
• Ángel Garachana, Bishop of San Pedro Sula) (2016^[4] – 2022)^[5]
  • He was vice president from 1996 to 2002^[6]
• Roberto Camilleri, Bishop of Comayagüa (2022 – 2025)^{[7] [8]}

See also

• Catholic Church in Honduras
• List of Catholic dioceses in Honduras

External links

• GCatholic: Conferencia Episcopal de Honduras
• Suyapa Medios, the Catholic communication channel of Honduras

Notes and References

1. Web site: es . 3 January 2023 . dead . Quienes somos? . https://web.archive.org/web/20160626140354/http://www.iglesiahn.org/index.php/2013-09-12-22-32-25/2013-09-12-22-37-48 . 26 June 2016 . 3 October 2013 . Conferencia Episcopal .
2. News: 3 January 2023 . Conozca cómo queda conformada la C.E.H para los próximos tres años . Suyapa Medios . es . 9 June 2022 .
3. News: 3 January 2023 . EWTN . Cardinal Maradiaga turns 80 and loses right to vote in a future conclave . 29 December 2022 .
4. Web site: es . Diocese of San Pedro Sula . Ángel Garachana, nuevo presidente de la Conferencia Episcopal de Honduras . dead . 16 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170706045634/http://diocesissps.org/index.php/sport/917-angel-garachana-nuevo-presidente-de-la-conferencia-episcopal-de-honduras . 6 July 2017.
5. News: 3 January 2023 . Demos gracias a Dios por el 50 aniversario presbiteral de Monseñor Ángel Garachana . Suyapa Medios . es . 19 March 2022 .
6. Web site: 3 January 2023 . es . Mons. Ángel Garachana . Diocese of San Pedro Sula . 22 March 2019 . 27 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230627064200/https://www.iglesiacatolicasps.com/index.php/blog/obispo/mons-angel-garachana . dead .
7. News: Vatican News . Monseñor Camilleri nuevo presidente de la Conferencia Episcopal de Honduras . 9 June 2022 . 3 January 2023 . es .
8. News: 3 January 2023 . Conozca un poco más de las historia de Monseñor Roberto Camilleri el nuevo presidente de la Conferencia de Obispos de Honduras . Suyapa Medios . es . Daniel . Diaz . 10 June 2022 .