Roman Catholic Diocese of Puntarenas

The Diocese of Puntarenas (Dioecesis Puntarenensis) 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 17 April 1998.

Ordinaries

 * Hugo Barrantes Ureña (1998–2002), appointed Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica
 * Oscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén (2003– )

External links and references

 * Diócesis de Puntarenas Costa Rica official site (in Spanish)