Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. X, 1953 Ecclesiastical hierarchy Patriarchates, archdioceses, dioceses, suppressed dioceses

Santa Rosa de Copán, Diocese of

SANTA ROSA DE COPÁN, DIOCESI DI

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SANTA ROSA DE COPÁN, DIOCESE OF. - City and diocese comprising the civil provinces of Santa Bárbara, Copán, Lempira, Ocotepeque and Intibucá in Honduras (Central America).

It has an area of 16,700 sq km with a population of 509,740 inhabitants, all Catholics; it has 24 parishes served by 26 diocesan priests and 5 regulars; it has a seminary, 2 male religious communities and 2 female ones (Ann. Pont. 1952, p. 364). The diocese was erected by Benedict XV on 2 February 1916, by dismemberment from the diocese of Comayagua, as a suffragan of Tegucigalpa.

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BIBL.: anon., s. v. in Cath. Enc., Suppl., p. 679; AAS, 8 (1916), p. 62.

Enrico Josi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X (1953), coll. 1837–1838.

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Josi, Enrico. “Santa Rosa de Copán, diocesi di.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, coll. 1837–1838. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/santa-rosa-de-copan-diocesi-di.

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Josi, Enrico. “Santa Rosa de Copán, diocesi di.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, coll. 1837–1838. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/santa-rosa-de-copan-diocesi-di.

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  author    = {Josi, Enrico},
  title     = {Santa Rosa de Copán, diocesi di},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {X},
  pages     = {1837--1838},
  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/santa-rosa-de-copan-diocesi-di}
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