Roman Catholic Diocese of Juticalpa

The Diocese of Juticalpa (Latin: Dioecesis Iuticalpensis ) is a location in Honduras Roman Catholic diocese based in Juticalpa.

History

The Diocese of Juticalpa was on March 6, 1949 by Pope Pius XII. out of territory of the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa built as Territorialprälatur Immaculate Conception de la Virgen María Bienaventurada en Olancho. The Territorialprälatur Immaculate Conception de la Virgen María Bienaventurada en Olancho was raised on 31 October 1987, Pope John Paul II to the diocese and renamed diocese Juticalpa. The diocese is the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa Juticalpa a suffragan.

Ordinaries

Prelates of Inmaculada Concepción de la Virgen María Bienaventurada en Olancho

  • Bernardino Mazzarella, OFM, 1954-1963, then Bishop of Comayagua
  • Nicholas D' Antonio Salza OFM, 1963-1977
  • Tomás Andrés Mauro Muldoon, OFM, 1983-1987

Bishops of Juticalpa

  • Tomás Andrés Mauro Muldoon, OFM, 1987-2012
  • José Bonello, OFM, since 2012
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