Roman Catholic Diocese of Tilarán-Liberia

Diocese of Tilarán-Liberia Dioecesis Tilaranensis-Liberiana
Location
Country	Costa Rica
Ecclesiastical province	Province of San José de Costa Rica
Metropolitan
Statistics
Area	12,500 km2 (4,800 sq mi)
Population - Total - Catholics (including non-members)	(as of 2014) 453,000 384,000 (84.8%)
Parishes	34
Information
Denomination	Catholic Church
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	22 July 1961 (60 years ago)
Cathedral
Co-cathedral
Secular priests	62
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop
Map

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[]

Ordinaries[]

• Román Arrieta Villalobos (1961–1979), appointed Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
• Héctor Morera Vega (1979–2002)
• , M.C.C.I. (2002–2016)
• (2016–present)

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops[]

• Oswaldo Brenes Álvarez, appointed Bishop of Ciudad Quesada in 2008
• Dagoberto Campos Salas, appointed titular Archbishop in 2018

Territorial losses[]

External links and references[]

• "Diocese of Tilarán". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-15.

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

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