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Suffragan diocese Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Diocese of Puntarenas

Puntarenen(sis)

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

Esri
Puntarenas, Costa Rica, drawn to the town rather than to the door: the register holds no verified address for its cathedral.

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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.

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.