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Citing exhaustion, Honduran bishop resigns at 63
October 13, 2025
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CWN Editor's Note: Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of Bishop José Antonio Canales Motiño, the first bishop of Danlí, Honduras.
The 63-year-old prelate, appointed a bishop in 2017, was a strong critic of the oppression of the Church by the Ortega regime in neighboring Nicaragua. In discussing his resignation, Bishop Canales cited “severe physical and mental exhaustion.”
In the Diocese of Danlí, 19 priests minister to 422,000 Catholics in 11 parishes.
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