Diocese of La Ceiba, Honduras 🇭🇳

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: La Ceiba (español) / Ceiben(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Pedro Sula

Neighbouring Dioceses: Yoro (↙), San Pedro Sula (←), Trujillo (→)

2011.12.30: Established as Diocese of La Ceiba (español) / Ceiben(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of San Pedro Sula and became suffragan of Tegucigalpa)
2023.01.26: Became suffragan of San Pedro Sula

Bishop (2025.06.12 – ...):

Bishop Jenrry Johel Velásquez Hernández (48)

Apostolic Administrator of Yoro (Honduras)

Bishops of La Ceiba (Roman Rite)

Bishop Jenrry Johel Velásquez Hernández (48)
(2025.06.12 – ...)

Bishop of La Ceiba (Honduras)
Apostolic Administrator of Yoro (Honduras)

Born:	1977.07.23 (San Antonio la Cuesta, Honduras)
Ordained Priest:	2002.12.07
Consecrated Bishop:	2025.07.26

Priest of Comayagua (Honduras) (2002.12.07 – 2025.06.12)

Bishop of La Ceiba (Honduras) (2025.06.12 – ...)

Apostolic Administrator of Yoro (Honduras) (2025.09.30 – ...)

Bishop Michael Lenihan, O.F.M. (74) (later Archbishop)
(2011.12.30 – 2023.01.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Pedro Sula (Honduras)

Bishop of La Ceiba (Honduras) (2011.12.30 – 2023.01.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San Pedro Sula (Honduras) (2023.01.26 – ...)

Area: 4,251 km²

Population: 433,000 Catholics (74.7% of 579,476 total)

Pastoral Centres: 14 parishes

Personnel: 27 priests (13 diocesan, 14 religious), 50 religious (17 brothers, 33 sisters), 4 seminarians