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Roman Catholic Diocese of Limón

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Parishes
  
21

Rite
  
Latin Rite

Country
  
Costa Rica

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Area
  
10,835 km²

Roman Catholic Diocese of Limón

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 446,912 348,591 (78%)

Established
  
16 February 1921 (96 years ago)

Cathedral
  
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Bishop
  
Javier Gerardo Román Arias

Ecclesiastical province
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Limón (erected 16 February 1921 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Limón, elevated 30 December 1994) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica.

Ordinaries

  • Agustín Blessing Presinger, C.M. (1921 - 1934)
  • Carlos Alberto Wollgarten, C.M. (1935 - 1937)
  • Juan Paulo Odendahl Metz, C.M. (1938 - 1957)
  • Alfonso Hoefer Hombach, C.M. (1958 - 1979)
  • Alfonso Coto Monge (1980 - 1994)
  • José Francisco Ulloa Rojas (1994 - 2005)
  • José Rafael Quirós Quirós (2005 - 2013)
  • Javier Gerardo Román Arias (2015 - present)

    • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Limón Wikipedia
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