Roman Catholic Diocese of Limón

Diocese of Limón Dioecesis Limonensis
Location
Country	Costa Rica
Ecclesiastical province	Province of San José de Costa Rica
Statistics
Area	10,835 km2 (4,183 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2004) 446,912 348,591 (78%)
Parishes	21
Information
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Rite	Latin Rite
Established	16 February 1921 (103 years ago)
Cathedral	Cathedral of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Javier Gerardo Román Arias
Map

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Limón (erected 16 February 1921 as the Vicariate Apostolic of Limón, elevated 30 December 1994) is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica.

Ordinaries

• Agustín Blessing Presinger, C.M. (1921–1934)
• Carlos Alberto Wollgarten, C.M. (1935–1937)
• Juan Paulo Odendahl Metz, C.M. (1938–1957)
• Alfonso Hoefer Hombach, 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

External links

• Diocesis de Limón official site (in Spanish)
• "Diocese of Limón". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-15. ^{[self-published]}