Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartago in Costa Rica
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Diocese of Cartago in Costa Rica Dioecesis Carthaginensis in Costa Rica |
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Catedral de Nuestra Señora de El Carmen
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| Location | |
| Country |  Costa Rica |
| Ecclesiastical province | Province of San José de Costa Rica |
| Metropolitan | Hugo Barrantes Ureña |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 3,105 km2 (1,199 sq mi) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2005) 378,523 272.388 (72%) |
| Parishes | 36 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | 24 May 2005 (12 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of Our Lady of Carmel |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | José Francisco Ulloa Rojas |
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartago is a Latin suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province (covering all Costa Rica) of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica .
Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral de Nuestra Señora de El Carmen, dedicated to Our Lady of Carmel, in Cartago, Cartago province, central Costa Rica. It also has two Minor Basilicas :
Erected on 24 May 2005 as Diocese of Cartago (in Costa Rica) / Carthaginen(sis) in Costa Rica (Latin), on territories split off from the Metropolitan Archdiocese of San José (whose suffragan it became) and the Diocese of Limón.
As per 2014, 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.
(all Latin Rite)
Coordinates: 9°51′55″N 83°55′20″W / 9.8652°N 83.9222°W
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