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ROMAN CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF TILARáN-LIBERIA Latitude and Longitude:

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 province Province of San José de Costa Rica
Metropolitan Hugo Barrantes Ureña
Statistics
Area12,500 km2 (4,800 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2014)
453,000
384,000 (84.8%)
Parishes34
Information
Denomination Catholic Church
Sui iuris church Latin Church
Rite Roman Rite
Established22 July 1961 (63 years ago)
Cathedral Tilarán Cathedral
Co-cathedral Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Secular priests62
Current leadership
Pope Francis
Bishop Manuel 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

Ordinaries

Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

Territorial losses

Year Along with To form
1995 Diocese of Alajuela Diocese of Ciudad Quesada
1998 Diocese of San Isidro de El General Diocese of Puntarenas
  • "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