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Roman Catholic Diocese of Tilarán-Liberia

Coordinates: 10°28′12″N 84°58′01″W / 10.4701°N 84.9670°W / 10.4701; -84.9670
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Diocese of Tilarán-Liberia

Dioecesis Tilaranensis-Liberiana

Diócesis de Tilarán-Liberia
Location
CountryCosta Rica
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of San José de Costa Rica
MetropolitanHugo Barrantes Ureña
Statistics
Area12,500 km2 (4,800 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
453,000
384,000 (84.8%)
Parishes34
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established22 July 1961 (63 years ago)
CathedralTilarán Cathedral
Co-cathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Secular priests62
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopManuel Eugenio Salazar Mora
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The Diocese of Tilarán-Liberia (Latin: Dioecesis Tilaranensis-Liberiana) 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 as a diocese on 22 July 1961.

Bishops

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Ordinaries

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Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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Territorial losses

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Year Along with To form
1995 Diocese of Alajuela Diocese of Ciudad Quesada
1998 Diocese of San Isidro de El General Diocese of Puntarenas
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  • "Diocese of Tilarán". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-15.

10°28′12″N 84°58′01″W / 10.4701°N 84.9670°W / 10.4701; -84.9670