Roman Catholic Diocese of Choluteca
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Choluteca (erected 8 September 1964, as the Territorial Prelature
of Choluteca) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa
. It was elevated on 29 August 1979.
Prelate
A prelate is a high-ranking member of the clergy who is an ordinary or who ranks in precedence with ordinaries. The word derives from the Latin prælatus, the past participle of præferre, which means "carry before", "be set above or over" or "prefer"; hence, a prelate is one set over others.-Related...
of Choluteca) is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa is a metropolitan see in Honduras. It was elevated as the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa on 2 February 1916.-Ordinaries:*Alfonso de Talavera, O.S.H....
. It was elevated on 29 August 1979.
Ordinaries
- Marcel Gérin y Boulay, P.M.E. (1964 - 1984)
- Raúl Corriveau, P.M.E. (1984 - 2005) - Bishop Emeritus
- Guido Plante, P.M.E. (2005 - )