Diocese of Puntarenas
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 | 3,930 km2 (1,520 sq mi) |
Population
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| Parishes | 18 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | 17 April 1998 (28 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Leo XIV |
| Bishop | Elímar Gerardo Carvajal Durán |
| Bishops emeritus | Óscar 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
- Óscar Fernández Guillén (2003 – 2026)
- Elímar Gerardo Carvajal Durán (2026 – present)
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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