Diocese of Puntarenas
| Diocese of Puntarenas | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Costa Rica |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica |
| Diocesan bishop | Oscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén |
| founding | 1998 |
| surface | 3,930 km² |
| Parishes | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Residents | 230,100 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics | 204,000 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| proportion of | 88.7% |
| Diocesan priest | 28 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious priest | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,800 |
| Friars | 2 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| Religious sisters | 18 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Nuestra Señora del Carmen |
| Website | www.diocesispuntarenas.com |
The diocese of Puntarenas ( Latin Dioecesis Puntarenensis , Spanish diócesis de Puntarenas ) is in Costa Rica situated Roman Catholic diocese based in Puntarenas .
history
The diocese of Puntarenas was established on April 17, 1998 by Pope John Paul II with the Apostolic Constitution Sacrorum Antistites from ceding territories of the dioceses of San Isidro de El General and Tilarán and subordinated to the Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica as a suffragan diocese.
Bishops of Puntarenas
- Hugo Barrantes Ureña , 1998–2002, then Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
- Oscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén , since 2003
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of Puntarenas (Spanish)
- Entry for the diocese of Puntarenas on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II: Const. Apost. Sacrorum Antistites , AAS 90 (1998), n.6, p. 381f.