Diocese of Cartago (Costa Rica)
| Diocese of Cartago (Costa Rica) | |
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| Country | Costa Rica |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica |
| Diocesan bishop | Mario Enrique Quirós Quirós |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | José Francisco Ulloa Rojas |
| founding | 2005 |
| surface | 3,107 km² |
| Parishes | 39 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 517,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 472,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 91.3% |
| Diocesan priest | 72 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 21 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 5,075 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Friars | 46 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 70 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de Nuestra Señora de El Carmen |
| Website | www.diocesisdecartago.org |
The Diocese of Cartago ( Latin Dioecesis Carthaginensis in Costa Rica , spanish diócesis de Cartago ) is in Costa Rica situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Cartago .
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history
The Diocese of Cartago was founded on May 24, 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI. Established with the Apostolic Constitution Saepe contingit from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica and the Diocese of Limón and subordinated to the Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica as a suffragan . The first bishop was José Francisco Ulloa Rojas .
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- ↑ Benedictus XVI: Const. Apost. Saepe contingit , AAS 97 (2005), n.6, p. 772f.