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Roman Catholic Diocese of Puntarenas

Roman Catholic Diocese of Puntarenas

Latin Catholic ecclesiastical jurisdiction in Costa Rica

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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Ordinaries

  • Hugo Barrantes Ureña (1998–2002), appointed Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
  • Oscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén (2003– )
  • 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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