Diocese of

Trujillo

Honduras

Continent: Central America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Trujillo / Truxillen(sis) in Honduria (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San Pedro Sula

Neighbouring Dioceses: Yoro (↙), La Ceiba (←), Siuna (↘), Juticalpa (↓)

Depends on: Dicastery for Evangelisation

Celebrations

Liturgical Calendar (Universal) 📅

History

1527: Established as Diocese of Honduras (from Diocese of Santo Domingo and became suffragan of Sevilla)
1531.09.06: Renamed as Diocese of Trujillo / Truxillen(sis) in Honduria (Latin)
1546.02.12: Became suffragan of Santo Domingo
1561: Suppressed (to establish Diocese of Comayagua)
1987.07.03: Restored as Diocese of Trujillo / Truxillen(sis) in Honduria (Latin) (from Diocese of San Pedro Sula and became suffragan of Tegucigalpa)
2023.01.26: Became suffragan of San Pedro Sula

Present Prelates

Bishop (2023.03.10 – ...):

Bishop Henry Orlando Ruiz Mora (53)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Trujillo (Roman Rite)

Bishop Henry Orlando Ruiz Mora (53)
(2023.03.10 – ...)

Bishop of Trujillo (Honduras)

Junto a la Cruz de Jesús

Born:	1973.01.25 (Santa Cruz del Potrero, Honduras)
Ordained Priest:	1998.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2023.05.06

Priest of Juticalpa (Honduras) (1998.05.30 – 2023.03.10)

Bishop of Trujillo (Honduras) (2023.03.10 – ...)

Bishop Luis Felipe Solé Fa, C.M. (79)
(2005.03.18 – 2023.03.10)

Bishop emeritus of Trujillo (Honduras)

Born:	1946.07.23 (Tarragona, Spain)
Ordained Priest:	1973.12.29
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.06.29

Bishop of Trujillo (Honduras) (2005.03.18 – 2023.03.10)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Honduras (2007? – 2016.06.13)

Bishop Virgilio López Irías, O.F.M.
(1987.07.03 – 2004.06.22)

Born:	1937.09.29 (La Ceiba, Honduras)
Ordained Priest:	1973.07.14
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.10.07
Died:	2004.06.22 († 66)

Bishop of Trujillo (Honduras) (1987.07.03 – 2004.06.22)

Bishop-elect Jerónimo de Corella, O.S.H.
(1556.06.12 – 1561)

Born:	(Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1563.03.31
Died:	1575.07.31

Bishop of Trujillo (Honduras) (1556.06.12 – 1561)

Bishop of Comayagua (Honduras) (1561 – 1575.07.31)

Bishop Cristóbal de Pedraza
(1541.02.11 – 1553)

Born:	1485 (Spain)
Consecrated Bishop:	1541.02.04
Died:	1553 († 68)

Bishop of Trujillo (Honduras) (1541.02.11 – 1553)

Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Alfonso Zaplana Bellizza (1952.07.14 – 1957.12.17)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Catedral San Juan Bautista, Trujillo, Colón

Yoro (↙), La Ceiba (←), Siuna (↘), Juticalpa (↓)

Statistics (2022.12.31)

Area: 25,296 km²

Population: 228,000 Catholics (52.8% of 431,455 total)

Pastoral Centres: 11 parishes, 1 mission

Personnel: 29 priests (10 diocesan, 19 religious), 46 religious (20 brothers, 26 sisters), 7 seminarians

Pastoral Centres

Last updated on 2026.03.30

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