Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Puntarenas | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Puntarenensis |
Local: | Diócesis de Puntarenas |
Country: | Costa Rica |
Metropolitan: | Hugo Barrantes Ureña |
Province: | Province of San José de Costa Rica |
Area Km2: | 3,910 |
Population: | 183,000 |
Population As Of: | 2004 |
Catholics: | 168,274 |
Catholics Percent: | 92 |
Parishes: | 16 |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 17 April 1998 (years ago) |
Bishop Title: | Bishop |
Bishop: | Oscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén |
Map: | Costa Rica - Diocesi di Puenta Arenas.jpg |
The Diocese of Puntarenas (la|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.