Roman Catholic Diocese of La Ceiba

Diocese of La Ceiba Dioecesis Ceibensis
Cathedral of San Isidoro Labrador
Location
Country	Honduras
Ecclesiastical province	Tegucigalpa
Statistics
Area	4,640 km2 (1,790 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2011) 547,709 398,800
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Cathedral	Cathedral of San Isidoro Labrador
Current leadership
Bishop	vacant
Map

The Diocese of La Ceiba is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Honduras. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula. The diocese was erected on 30 December 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI.

History

• Erected 30 December 2011 as a suffragan see of Tegucigalpa
• Transferred 26 January 2023 to the newly created metropolitan province of San Pedro Sula

Bishops

• Michael Lenihan, OFM (30 December 2011 – 26 January 2023), made the first archbishop of San Pedro Sula

See also

• Catholic Church in Honduras

References

15°47′00″N 86°47′27″W / 15.7833°N 86.7909°W / 15.7833; -86.7909