La Merced Church (Honduras)

The Merced church (Spanish: Iglesia de la Merced) is a Catholic church in Comayagua, Honduras built in 1550 during the colonial era of New Spain.

[1] The church is dedicated to the Virgen de la Merced and is located in the historic colonial quarter of Comayagua.

The church was built in 1550 during the early colonial era of Honduras by Fray Gaspar de Quintanilla, However, it was not the first to be built in Honduras since the first was the Trujillo church, but it is the oldest Catholic temple still standing since the Trujillo Church disappeared in the 19th century.

In 1820, the president of Honduras, Coronado Chávez, had the main altarpiece built.

Today the church continues to function as a parish and is a historical and tourist monument of the country.