The Diocese of Puntarenas (Latin: Dioecesis Puntarenensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Costa Rica. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica. It was erected as a diocese 17 April 1998.
Diocese of Puntarenas Dioecesis Puntarenensis Diócesis de Puntarenas | |
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 Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen | |
| Location | |
| Country | Costa Rica |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of San José de Costa Rica |
| Metropolitan | Hugo Barrantes Ureña |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,910 km2 (1,510 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 183,000 168,274 (92%) |
| Parishes | 16 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 17 April 1998 (26 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | Oscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén |
| Map | |
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Ordinaries
edit- Hugo Barrantes Ureña (1998–2002), appointed Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
- Oscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén (2003– )
External links and references
edit- Diócesis de Puntarenas Costa Rica Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine official site (in Spanish)
- "Diocese of Puntarenas". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
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