Roman Catholic Diocese of Yoro
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The (Roman Catholic) Diocese of Yoro covers the department Yoro in Honduras. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa.
The diocese covers an area of 7,939 km². As of 2005, of the 440,000 citizen 360,989 are member of the Catholic Church. It is divided into 9 parishes, having 21 priests all together.
The diocese was erected on September 19, 2005 with territory taken from the archdiocese of Tegucigalpa. Jean-Louis Giasson, P.M.E. was appointed as the first bishop of the diocese.
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