Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
Tilarán-Liberia | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Tilaranensis-Liberiana |
Local: | Diócesis de Tilarán-Liberia |
Country: | Costa Rica |
Metropolitan: | Hugo Barrantes Ureña |
Province: | Province of San José de Costa Rica |
Area Km2: | 12,500 |
Population: | 453,000 |
Population As Of: | 2014 |
Catholics: | 384,000 |
Catholics Percent: | 84.8 |
Parishes: | 34 |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 22 July 1961 (years ago) |
Cocathedral: | Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception |
Priests: | 62 |
Bishop Title: | Bishop |
Bishop: | Manuel Eugenio Salazar Mora |
Map: | Costa Rica - Diocesi di Tilarán-Liberia.jpg |
The Diocese of Tilarán-Liberia (Latin: Dioecesis Tilaranensis-Liberiana) 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 on 22 July 1961.
Year | Along with | To form | |
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1995 | Diocese of Ciudad Quesada | ||
1998 | Diocese of Puntarenas |