Suffragan diocese Limón, Costa Rica
Diocese of Limón
Limonen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Limon is a Latin rite diocese on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast, suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Jose de Costa Rica. Erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Limon on 16 February 1921, it was elevated to a diocese on 30 December 1994. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Limon.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1921
- Catholics
- 340,000
- Priests
- 35
- Territory
- 10,835 km²
Parishes and churches
17 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Parroquia Sagrado Corazón de JesúsLimón · CathedralView parish
- Parroquia Inmaculada Concepción de MaríaCariariView parish
- Parroquia Inmaculada Concepción de MaríaGuácimoView parish
- Parroquia María AuxiliadoraRoxannaView parish
- Parroquia Nuestra Señora de GuadalupeBataanView parish
- Parroquia Patriarca San JoséSiquirresView parish
- Parroquia Sagrado Corazón de JesúsGuápiles, PococíView parish
- Parroquia San Antonio de PaduaBribriView parish
- Parroquia San Daniel ComboniCieneguita, LimónView parish
- Parroquia San Francisco JavierLimón 2000View parish
- Parroquia San Isidro LabradorCampo 2View parish
- Parroquia San Isidro LabradorJiménez, PococíView parish
- Parroquia San Rafael ArcángelLa ColoniaView parish
- Parroquia San Vicente de PaúlValle de la EstrellaView parish
- Parroquia Santa Rita de CasiaLa Rita, PococíView parish
- Parroquia Santa Teresita del Niño JesúsEl Cairo, SiquirresView parish
- Parroquia Santiago ApóstolAmubri, TalamancaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Javier Gerardo Roman Arias
- Born
- 19 October 1962
- Birthplace
- Alajuela
Explore the ministry of the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus stands in Limón, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.