Diocese of Puntarenas
Puntarenen(sis)
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Puntarenas, Costa Rica
The Diocese of Puntarenas is a Latin rite diocese on Costa Rica's Pacific coast, suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San Jose de Costa Rica. It was erected on 17 April 1998 from the Dioceses of San Isidro de El General and Tilaran. Its seat is the Cathedral of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Puntarenas.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 17 April 1998
- Latin
- Puntarenen(sis)
- Patron
- N-D du Mont-Carmel
- Annuario code
- 001002685
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 202,660
- Population
- 228,530
- Catholic shareof the people living within its bounds
- 88.7%
- Priests
- 33
- Catholics per priest
- 6,141
- Extent
- 3,930 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 52
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
- Oscar Gerardo Fernandez Guillen
- Born
- 22 December 1949
- Birthplace
- San Rafael de Oreamuno
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 Mount Carmel stands in Puntarenas, 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 LimónLimón
- Diocese of Tilarán-LiberiaTilarán-Liberia
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
Catholic Intelligence
Get early access
We are indexing the whole visible Church: every diocese and parish on earth, searchable and mapped, with Mass times, clergy, and diocesan contacts. Launching soon. Sign up to be first in when it opens, starting with [object Object].
One email at launch. Nothing else.
Already have access? Sign inSources
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.