Bishop of Choluteca
Bishop Teodoro Gómez Rivera was born on 7 May 1963 in El Banquito, Honduras. He carried out his studies in philosophy and theology at the Nuestra Señora di Suyapa in Tegucigalpa, and was awarded a licentiate in dogmatic theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He received priestly ordination on 27 January 1996, and was incardinated in the diocese of Choluteca. He has held the following offices: parish vicar of San José in Nacaome; diocesan coordinator for vocational pastoral care; spiritual director of the Pablo VI Seminary; formator in the major seminary of Tegucigalpa; parish priest of San Pablo in Choluteca; director of the Monseñor Raúl Institute in Choluteca; diocesan delegate for Caritas; vicar general, episcopal vicar for pastoral ministry and rector of the Santa Maria Goretti Institute in Choluteca. On 14 November 2020 he was appointed auxiliary bishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and was assigned the titular see of Castellum Tatroportus. He received episcopal consecration on 15 May 2021. Msgr. Teodoro Gómez Rivera was born on 7 May 1963 in El Banquito, diocese of Choluteca, Honduras. He completed his philosophical and theological studies at the Nuestra Señora de Suyapa major seminary in Tegucigalpa. He obtained a licentiate in sacred theology with a dogmatic focus at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He received priestly ordination on 27 January 1996, and was incardinated in the diocese of Choluteca. He has held the following positions: parish vicar in the San José parish in Nacaome; diocesan coordinator for vocational pastoral ministry; spiritual director of the Pablo VI minor seminary; formator in the major seminary of Tegucigalpa; parish priest of San Pablo and director of the Monseñor Raúl Institute in Choluteca; and diocesan delegate for Caritas. Until now he has served as, since 2013, vicar general; since 2015 episcopal vicar for pastoral ministry; and since, 2017 rector of the Santa María Goretti Institute in Choluteca.