Roman Catholic Diocese of Tilarán-Liberia

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.

Diocese of Tilarán-Liberia Dioecesis Tilaranensis-Liberiana Diócesis de Tilarán-Liberia
Location
Country	Costa Rica
Ecclesiastical province	Province of San José de Costa Rica
Metropolitan	Hugo Barrantes Ureña
Statistics
Area	12,500 km2 (4,800 sq mi)
Population Total Catholics	(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 (64 years ago)
Cathedral	Tilarán Cathedral
Co-cathedral	Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Secular priests	62
Current leadership
Pope	Leo XIV
Bishop	Manuel Eugenio Salazar Mora
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Bishops

Ordinaries

• Román Arrieta Villalobos (1961–1979), appointed Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
• Héctor Morera Vega (1979–2002)
• Vittorino Girardi, M.C.C.I. (2002–2016)
• Manuel Eugenio Salazar Mora (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

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

External links and references

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

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