The Episcopal Conference of Honduras ( es, Conferencia Episcopal de Honduras, italic=unset) is an institution of the
Catholic Church
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that brings together the bishops of Honduras to establish policies and programs for pastoral government.
Function
The Episcopal Conference of Honduras is a permanent institution of the Catholic Church whose membership comprises all the country's diocesan bishops and their peers, including coadjutors, auxiliaries, and emeriti. As a conference they jointly exercise some pastoral functions as the times and society require.
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Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal bodies, but they were established as formal entities by the ]Second Vatican Council
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and implemented by Pope Paul VI
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in ''Ecclesiae Sanctae
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'' in 1966. Their work is governed by the Code of Canon Law and the nature of their magisterial authority was clarified by Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
in ''Apostolos Suos'' in 1998.
Its leadership positions are filled by election in which all the members of the conference can participate. Current rules provide for a president to be elected to a three-year term, which can be renewed once.[
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Leadership
In June 2022, the Conference elected as president Roberto Camilleri, Bishop of Comayagüa, and as vice president Darwin Andino, bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán.
;Presidents
* Héctor Enrique Santos Hernández, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (1963 – 1993)
* Raúl Corriveau
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Raul, Raúl or Raül may re ...
, Bishop of Choluteca (1993 – 1996)
* Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga
Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B. (born 29 December 1942) is a Salesian and cardinal of the Catholic Church from Honduras. He is the current Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, is the former President of Caritas Internationalis and served as ...
, Cardinal Archbishop of Tegucigalpa (1996 – 2016)
* Ángel Garachana, Bishop of San Pedro Sula) (2016 – 2022)[
** He was vice president from 1996 to 2002
* Roberto Camilleri, Bishop of Comayagüa (2022 – 2025)]
See also
*Catholic Church in Honduras
The Catholic Church in Honduras is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome.
There are over four million Catholics in Honduras - around three quarters of the total population. The country is divid ...
*List of Catholic dioceses in Honduras
The Roman Catholic Church in Honduras comprises only a Latin hierarchy, joined in the Episcopal Conference of Honduras, comprising a single ecclesiastical province (covering all and only Honduras), headed by the Metropolitan archbishop of the capi ...
References
External links
GCatholic: Conferencia Episcopal de Honduras
Suyapa Medios, the Catholic communication channel of Honduras
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Christian organizations established in 1966
Catholic organizations established in the 20th century
Catholic Church in Honduras