The Diocese of Cartago ( la, Dioecesis Carthaginensis in Costa Rica) is a

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ecclesiastical territory or

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of the

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in Costa Rica. The Diocese of Cartago in Costa Rica is a suffragan diocese in the

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covering all Costa Rica of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica . Its

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episcopal see is the Catedral de Nuestra Señora de El Carmen, dedicated to

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, in Cartago,

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, central Costa Rica. It also has two

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s: the Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción, dedicated to the

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, in Tejar; and the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles, dedicated to Our Lady of Angels, both in Cartago.

History

Erected on 24 May 2005 as Diocese of Cartago (in Costa Rica), on territories split off from the metropolitan Archdiocese of San José (whose suffragan it became) and the Diocese of Limón.

Statistics

, it pastorally served 442,000 Catholics (90.0% of 491,000 total) on 1,252 km² in 39 parishes and 4 missions with 108 priests (75 diocesan, 33 religious), 154 lay religious (80 brothers, 74 sisters) and 36 seminarians.

Episcopal ordinaries

;''Suffragan Bishops of Cartago (in Costa Rica) *

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(24 May 2005 – retired 4 March 2017); previously Bishop of

Limón Limón (), commonly known as Puerto Limón, is a district, the capital city and main hub of Limón province, as well as of the Limón canton in Costa Rica. It is the seventh largest city in Costa Rica, with a population of over 55,000, and is ho ...

(Costa Rica) (1994.12.30 – 2005.05.24), President of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica (2002 – 2008.09), President of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama (2005.03 – 2011) *

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Mario Enrique Quirós Quirós (4 March 2017 – ...).

References

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* Roman Catholic dioceses in Costa Rica Christian organizations established in 2005 Roman Catholic dioceses and prelatures established in the 21st century {{RC-diocese-stub

History

Statistics

Episcopal ordinaries

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