Diocese of Limón

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The Diocese of Limón 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 16 February 1921 as an apostolic vicariate, elevated to a diocese on 30 December 1994.

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