Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Roman Catholic Church in Costa Rica consists only of a Latin hierarchy, joint in the national Episcopal conference of Costa Rica, comprising only one ecclesiastical province headed by a Metropolitan archbishop, with seven suffragan dioceses each headed by a bishop. There are no eastern Catholic, pre-diocesan or other exempt jurisdictions.
The Catholic Church in Costa Rica is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Catholicism is the state religion of the country, and there are approximately 2.3 million Catholics—47% of the total population. [ 1][ 2] The country is divided into eight dioceses and one archdiocese :
The Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles (Our Lady of the Angels Basilica) is a Roman Catholic basilica in Costa Rica, located in the city of Cartago and dedicated to the Virgen de los Pardos, officially known as Virgen de los Ángeles (the Lady of the Angels). The basilica was built in 1639 and was partially destroyed by an earthquake.
The Metropolitan Cathedral of San José Spanish: Catedral Metropolitana is a cathedral in San José, Costa Rica, located on Calle Central and Avenues 2 and 4. The original cathedral was built in 1802 but was destroyed by an earthquake. [ 1]
The Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Costa Rica. A metropolitan see, there are seven suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province: the Diocese of Alajuela, Cartago, Ciudad Quesada, Limón, Puntarenas, San Isidro de El General, and Tilarán.
Suffragan Bishops of Cartago (in Costa Rica) José Francisco Ulloa Rojas (24 May 2005 – retired 4 March 2017); previously Bishop of Limón (Costa Rica) (1994.12.30 – 2005.05.24), President of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica (2002 – 2008.09), President of Episcopal Secretariat of Central America and Panama (2005.03 – 2011)
2. José Rafael Gallegos. (1784–1850) 1833–1835. Conservative. Resigned, Manuel Fernández Chacón and Nicolás Ulloa Soto followed as acting Heads of State. 3. Braulio Carrillo Colina. (1800–1845)
traditional Protestant (1.2%) Mormon (0.3%) Jehovah's Witness (1.4%) No religion (27.0%) Islam (0.1%) Other (2.7%) The Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels in Cartago. Christianity is the predominant religion in Costa Rica, with Catholicism being its largest denomination. Catholicism is also the state religion, but the government generally ...