Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Apostolic vicariates

San Pedro Sula, Apostolic Vicariate of

SAN PEDRO SULA, VICARIATO APOSTOLICO DI

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SAN PEDRO SULA, APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF. - It is located in the northern part of Honduras (v.).

It was erected by decree of the S. Congr. of Propaganda on 2 February 1916, when the ecclesiastical province of Tegucigalpa was erected. The erection, however, was carried out in 1921.

It has an area of 35,260 sq. km. with a population of 187,566 inhabitants, of whom 171,185 are Catholics. Lazarist missionaries 15, brothers 1, sisters 20. Primary stations 8, secondary 5, churches 20, chapels 41, elementary schools 4.

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BIBL.: GM, p. 298; MC, 1950, pp. 25-26.

Saverio Paventi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), col. 1804.

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Paventi, Saverio. “San Pedro Sula, vicariato apostolico di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 1804. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/san-pedro-sula-vicariato-apostolico-di.

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Paventi, Saverio. “San Pedro Sula, vicariato apostolico di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1804. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/san-pedro-sula-vicariato-apostolico-di.

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  author    = {Paventi, Saverio},
  title     = {San Pedro Sula, vicariato apostolico di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {1804},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/san-pedro-sula-vicariato-apostolico-di}
}

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