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Diocese of Puntarenas

Dioecesis Puntarenensis



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Bishop(s)

General Information


Past and Present Ordinaries



Historical Summary

DateEventFromTo
17 April 1998ErectedDiocese of San Isidro de El General (Aguirre and Parrita)
Diocese of Tilarán (Garabito, Esparza, Montes de Oro, and Puntarenas)
Diocese of Puntarenas (erected)

Statistics

YearCatholicsTotal PopulationPercent CatholicDiocesan PriestsReligious PriestsTotal PriestsCatholics Per PriestPermanent DeaconsMale ReligiousFemale ReligiousParishesSource
1999156,373173,74890.0%223256,25431316ap2000
2000159,000173,90091.4%213246,62532217ap2001
2001161,200180,38089.4%262285,75721616ap2002
2002161,200180,38089.4%242266,20022216ap2003
2003166,681181,68191.7%212237,24722216ap2004
2004168,274183,00092.0%212237,31622216ap2005
2013197,000223,00088.3%271287,03511819ap2014
2016204,000230,10088.7%282306,80021818ap2017
2019211,770238,72088.7%292316,83121818ap2020
2021216,500244,10088.7%258336,56081818ap2022

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.


Affiliated Bishops, Living

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased



Source(s)

  • Acta Apostolicae Sedis, Volume 90, Page 381, and Page 382

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