Suffragan diocese Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Diocese of Puntarenas
Puntarenen(sis)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Puntarenas is a Latin rite diocese on Costa Rica's Pacific coast, suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Jose de Costa Rica. It was erected on 17 April 1998 from the Dioceses of San Isidro de El General and Tilaran. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Puntarenas.
On the map
Every see on one map: browse the dioceses. Churches with recorded hours: find Mass times.
- Established
- 1998
- Catholics
- 202,660
- Priests
- 33
- Territory
- 3,930 km²
Parishes and churches
18 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Catedral Sagrado Corazón de JesúsPuntarenas · CathedralView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenBarrio El Carmen, Puntarenas · CathedralView parish
- Dulce Nombre de JesúsJicaral de Lepanto, PuntarenasView parish
- Espíritu SantoEsparzaView parish
- Inmaculada ConcepciónQueposView parish
- Inmaculada Concepción de MaríaCóbano, PuntarenasView parish
- Inmaculada Concepción de MaríaSardinal de Acapulco, PuntarenasView parish
- Inmaculada Concepción de MaríaJacó de GarabitoView parish
- Inmaculado Corazón de MaríaEl Roble, PuntarenasView parish
- La Santa CruzChacarita, PuntarenasView parish
- Medalla MilagrosaBarranca, PuntarenasView parish
- Nuestra Señora de GuadalupeRiojalandia, Barranca, PuntarenasView parish
- Nuestra Señora del CarmenMiramar, Montes de OroView parish
- Patriarca San JoséParritaView parish
- San Antonio de PaduaPueblo Nuevo, ParritaView parish
- San Juan BautistaPaquera, PuntarenasView parish
- San Judas TadeoJudas de Chomes, PuntarenasView parish
- Santa ElenaMonteverde, PuntarenasView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Oscar Gerardo Fernandez Guillen
- Born
- 22 December 1949
- Birthplace
- San Rafael de Oreamuno
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The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel stands in Puntarenas, 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.