Diocese of Limón

The Diocese of Limón is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Costa Rica. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica. It was erected 16 February 1921 as an apostolic vicariate, elevated to a diocese on 30 December 1994.

Ordinaries Agustín Blessing Presinger, 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 Year Along with To form 2005 Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica Diocese of Cartago

See also Catholic Church in Costa Rica

References

External links Diocesis de Limón official site (in Spanish)