Suffragan diocese Tilarán-Liberia, Costa Rica
Diocese of Tilarán-Liberia
Tilaranen(sis)-Liberian(us)
Latin Church
The Diocese of Tilaran-Liberia is a Latin rite diocese covering Guanacaste province and Upala canton in northwestern Costa Rica, suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Jose de Costa Rica. It was erected on 22 July 1961 from the Diocese of Alajuela. Its seat is the Catedral San Antonio de Padua in Tilaran, with the Concatedral La Inmaculada Concepcion in Liberia.
On the map
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- Established
- 1961
- Catholics
- 393,000
- Priests
- 62
- Territory
- 12,500 km²
Parishes and churches
34 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.
- Santiago ApóstolFiladelfia, CarrilloView parish
- Santo Cristo de EsquipulasLa Fortuna, BagacesView parish
- Santuario Nacional Santo Cristo de EsquipulasSanta CruzView parish
- Virgen de los ÁngelesBijagua, UpalaView parish
This is our recorded coverage, not an official diocesan parish count. Confirm service times with the parish before travelling.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Manuel Eugenio Salazar Mora
- Born
- 9 October 1958
- Birthplace
- Guadalupe
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The cathedral
Catedral San Antonio de Padua stands in Tilarán-Liberia, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
Its co-cathedral is Concatedral La Inmaculada Concepcion.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.