Diocese of Limón

Dioecesis Limonensis

Diócesis de Limón
Cathedral of Limón
Location
CountryCosta Rica
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of San José de Costa Rica
Statistics
Area10,835 km2 (4,183 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
446,912
348,591 (78%)
Parishes21
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established16 February 1921 (102 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJavier Gerardo Román Arias
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The Diocese of Limón 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 16 February 1921 as a apostolic vicariate, elevated to a diocese on 30 December 1994.

Ordinaries

  • Agustín Blessing Presinger, C.M. (1921–1934)
  • Carlos Alberto Wollgarten, C.M. (1935–1937)
  • Juan Paulo Odendahl Metz, C.M. (1938–1957)
  • Alfonso Hoefer Hombach, C.M. (1958–1979)
  • Alfonso Coto Monge (1980–1994)
  • José Francisco Ulloa Rojas (1994–2005), appointed Bishop of Cartago
  • José Rafael Quirós Quirós (2005–2013), appointed Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
  • Javier Gerardo Román Arias (2015–present)

Territorial losses

YearAlong withTo form
2005Archdiocese of San José de Costa RicaDiocese of Cartago

See also

References

    • Diocesis de Limón Archived 2006-06-26 at the Wayback Machine official site (in Spanish)
    • "Diocese of Limón". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-15. [self-published]

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