Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartago in Costa Rica

Diocese of Cartago in Costa Rica

Dioecesis Carthaginensis in Costa Rica

Diócesis de Cartago
Catedral de Nuestra Señora de El Carmen
Location
CountryCosta Rica
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of San José de Costa Rica
MetropolitanJosé Rafael Quirós
Statistics
Area3,105 km2 (1,199 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2005)
378,523
272.388 (72%)
Parishes36
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established24 May 2005 (19 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of Carmel
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopMario Enrique Quirós Quirós
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The Diocese of Cartago (Latin: Dioecesis Carthaginensis in Costa Rica) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Costa Rica. The Diocese of Cartago in Costa Rica is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province covering all Costa Rica of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica .

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral de Nuestra Señora de El Carmen, dedicated to Our Lady of Carmel, in Cartago, Cartago province, central Costa Rica. It also has two Minor Basilicas: the Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in Tejar; and the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles, dedicated to Our Lady of Angels, both in Cartago.


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