The Diocese of Limón is a
Latin Church
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ecclesiastical territory or
diocese
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History
In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, prov ...
of the
Catholic Church
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in
Costa Rica
Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...
. It is a
suffragan diocese
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in the
ecclesiastical province
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of the
metropolitan
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Areas and governance (secular and ecclesiastical)
* Metropolitan archdiocese, the jurisdiction of a metropolitan archbishop
** Metropolitan bishop or archbishop, leader of an ecclesiastical "mother see"
* Metropolitan ar ...
Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica. It was erected 16 February 1921 as an
apostolic vicariate
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, elevated to a diocese on 30 December 1994.
Ordinaries
*
Agustín Blessing Presinger
Agustín Blessing Presinger (11 May 1868 – 1 February 1934) was a German priest, bishop, and missionary. He was the first known European to reach to the summit of Mount Chirripó in 1904.
Biography
Presinger was born on May 11, 1868. He becam ...
, C.M. (1921–1934)
*
Carlos Alberto Wollgarten, C.M. (1935–1937)
*
Juan Paulo Odendahl Metz, C.M. (1938–1957)
*, C.M. (1958–1979)
*
Alfonso Coto Monge (1980–1994)
*
José Francisco Ulloa Rojas (1994–2005), appointed Bishop of Cartago
*
José Rafael Quirós Quirós (2005–2013), appointed Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
*
Javier Gerardo Román Arias (2015–present)
Territorial losses
See also
*
Catholic Church in Costa Rica
References
External links
Diocesis de Limón ''official site (in Spanish)''
*
Limon
Limon
Limon
1921 establishments in Costa Rica
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