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Roman Catholic Diocese of Puntarenas

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Country
  
Costa Rica

Parishes
  
16

Area
  
3,910 km²

Metropolitan
  
Hugo Barrantes Ureña

Denomination
  
Roman Catholic

Roman Catholic Diocese of Puntarenas

Ecclesiastical province
  
Province of San José de Costa Rica

Population - Total - Catholics
  
(as of 2004) 183,000 168,274 (92%)

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Puntarenas (erected 17 April 1998) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica.

Ordinaries

  • Hugo Barrantes Ureña (1998 - 2002)
  • Oscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén (2003 - )
  • References

    Roman Catholic Diocese of Puntarenas Wikipedia