Diocese of Limón
Limonen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Limón, Costa Rica
The Diocese of Limon is a Latin rite diocese on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast, suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Jose de Costa Rica. Erected as the Apostolic Vicariate of Limon on 16 February 1921, it was elevated to a diocese on 30 December 1994. Its seat is the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Limon.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 1921
- Latin
- Limonen(sis)
- Patron
- san Vicente de Paúl
- Annuario code
- 001002008
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 340,000
- Population
- 446,912
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 76.1%
- Priests
- 35
- Catholics per priest
- 9,714
- Extent
- 10,835 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 31
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
- Javier Gerardo Roman Arias
- Born
- 19 October 1962
- Birthplace
- Alajuela
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 the Sacred Heart of Jesus stands in Limón, 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 CartagoCartago
- Diocese of Ciudad QuesadaCiudad Quesada
- 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.