Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Costa Rica
Diocese of Puntarenas
Dioecesis Puntarenensis
Diócesis de Puntarenas
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
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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.
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