Roman Catholic Diocese of La Ceiba
# Roman Catholic Diocese of La Ceiba

The Diocese of La Ceiba is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Catholic Church in Honduras. It is a suffragan in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Pedro Sula. The diocese was erected on 30 December 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI.

## History

* Erected 30 December 2011 as a suffragan see of Tegucigalpa
* Transferred 26 January 2023 to the newly created metropolitan province of San Pedro Sula

## Bishops

* Michael Lenihan, OFM (30 December 2011 – 26 January 2023), made the first archbishop of San Pedro Sula
