Roman Catholic Diocese of Danlí
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Danlí is a Latin suffragan bishopric in the ecclesiastical province (covering all Honduras) of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, with see at Danlí, in southern Honduras's El Paraíso department (but not its capital).
Diocese of Danlí Dioecesis Danliensis | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Honduras |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of Tegucigalpa |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 7,489 km2 (2,892 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 502,944 415,480 (82.6%) |
| Parishes | 11 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 02 January 2017 (6 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Catedral de la Inmaculata Concepción |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Jose Antonio Canales Motiño |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | José Vicente Nácher Tatay |
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Its cathedral episcopal is the Catedral de la Inmaculata Concepción, devoted to the Immaculate Conception, in Danlí.
History
The diocese was erected on 2 January 2017 by Pope Francis, on Honduran territory split off from that of its Metropolitan mother see, the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa. It was immediately subject to the Roman Congregation for Bishops, without a (semi-)missionary stage.[1]
Episcopal ordinaries
Its first and present Suffragan Bishop is José Antonio Canales Motiño, bishop-elect since 2 January 2017, a secular cleric, born on 19 March 1962 in Honduras, ordained Priest on 12 October 1996.[2]