Diocese of Cartago
Carthaginen(sis) in Costa Rica
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Cartago, Costa Rica
The Diocese of Cartago in Costa Rica is a Latin rite diocese, suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Jose de Costa Rica. It was erected on 24 May 2005 from the Diocese of Limon and the Archdiocese of San Jose. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Carmel in Cartago; the diocese also contains the national Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 24 May 2005
- Latin
- Carthaginen(sis) in Costa Rica
- Patron
- Santiago Apóstol
- Annuario code
- 001001067
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 286,000
- Population
- 378,523
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 75.6%
- Priests
- 91
- Catholics per priest
- 3,143
- Extent
- 3,105 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 92
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Bishop
- Mario Enrique Quiros Quiros
- Born
- 19 January 1967
- Birthplace
- Paraíso
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of Our Lady of Carmel stands in Cartago, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of San Jose de Costa Rica
A suffragan of Archdiocese of San Jose de Costa Rica.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of San José de Costa RicaSan José de Costa Rica
- Diocese of AlajuelaAlajuela
- Diocese of Ciudad QuesadaCiudad Quesada
- Diocese of LimónLimón
- Diocese of PuntarenasPuntarenas
- Diocese of Tilarán-LiberiaTilarán-Liberia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
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Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.