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Diocese of Cartago

Carthaginen(sis) in 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:

On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.

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Sources

The see's own website · Wikipedia

Compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. Corrections: hello@catholicintelligence.com.