Roman Catholic Diocese of Puntarenas

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
Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen
Location
CountryCosta Rica
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of San José de Costa Rica
MetropolitanHugo Barrantes Ureña
Statistics
Area3,910 km2 (1,510 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
183,000
168,274 (92%)
Parishes16
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established17 April 1998 (26 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopOscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén
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  • 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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