Roman Catholic Diocese of Tilarán-Liberia explained

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.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Territorial losses

Year Along with To form
1995 Diocese of Ciudad Quesada
1998 Diocese of Puntarenas

External links and references

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