Roman Catholic Diocese of Limón
Appearance
Diocese of Limón Dioecesis Limonensis Diócesis de Limón | |
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![]() Cathedral of Limón | |
Location | |
Country | Costa Rica |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of San José de Costa Rica |
Statistics | |
Area | 10,835 km2 (4,183 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2004) 446,912 348,591 (78%) |
Parishes | 21 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 16 February 1921 (103 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Javier Gerardo Román Arias |
Map | |
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The Diocese of Limón 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 16 February 1921 as a apostolic vicariate, elevated to a diocese on 30 December 1994.
Ordinaries
- Agustín Blessing Presinger, C.M. (1921–1934)
- Carlos Alberto Wollgarten, C.M. (1935–1937)
- Juan Paulo Odendahl Metz, C.M. (1938–1957)
- Alfonso Hoefer Hombach, C.M. (1958–1979)
- Alfonso Coto Monge (1980–1994)
- José Francisco Ulloa Rojas (1994–2005), appointed Bishop of Cartago
- José Rafael Quirós Quirós (2005–2013), appointed Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
- Javier Gerardo Román Arias (2015–present)
Territorial losses
Year | Along with | To form |
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2005 | Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica | Diocese of Cartago |
See also
References
External links
- Diocesis de Limón Archived 2006-06-26 at the Wayback Machine official site (in Spanish)
- "Diocese of Limón". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-15. [self-published]
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