Roman Catholic Diocese of Yoro

Diocese of Yoro

*Dioecesis Yorensis*
Diocese of Yoro; Dioecesis Yorensis
	Cathedral in El Progresso
Location
Country	Honduras
Ecclesiastical province	Province of Tegucigalpa
Statistics
Area	7,781 km2 (3,004 sq mi)
Population; - Total; - Catholics	(as of 2010); 546,126; 441,525 (80.8%)
Parishes	11
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	19 September 2005 (19 years ago)
Cathedral	Catedral Las Mercedes
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	David Garcia Hector Osorio
Metropolitan Archbishop	Oscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B.
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The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Yoro (Latin: Dioecesis Yorensis) covers the department Yoro in Honduras. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula.

The diocese was erected on 19 September 2005 with territory taken from the archdiocese of Tegucigalpa and was a suffragan of that archdiocese until the erection of the metropolitan province of San Pedro Sula in 2023. Jean-Louis Giasson, P.M.E. was appointed as the first bishop of the diocese. The Cathedral in the city of El Progreso, Yoro.

History

Formerly in the Diocese of Tegucigalpa, Yoro was formed due to the extent of the territory covered, under papal order by Benedict XVI on 18 September 2005. The Canadian priest Juan Luis Giasson, was made Bishop. On the death of Bishop Juan Luis Giasson, Pope Francis appointed Hector David Garcia Osorio as senior official of the diocese on July 3, 2014.