Roman Catholic Diocese of Puntarenas
Appearance
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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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.
Ordinaries
- Hugo Barrantes Ureña (1998–2002), appointed Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
- Oscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén (2003– )
External links and references
- 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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