Diocese of Puntarenas, Costa Rica 🇨🇷

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Name: Puntarenas / Puntarenen(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: San José

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Patron Saint: Nuestra Señora del Carmen (July 16)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: December 16

1998.04.17: Established as Diocese of Puntarenas / Puntarenen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of San Isidro de El General and Diocese of Tilarán and became suffragan of San José)

Bishop (2026.06.20 – ...):

Bishop-elect Elímar Gerardo Carvajal Durán (50)

Bishops of Puntarenas (Roman Rite)

Bishop-elect Elímar Gerardo Carvajal Durán (50)
(2026.06.20 – ...)

Bishop of Puntarenas (Costa Rica)

Born:	1976.05.06 (Grecia, Costa Rica)
Ordained Priest:	2003.11.01

Priest of Alajuela (Costa Rica) (2003.11.01 – 2026.06.20)

Bishop of Puntarenas (Costa Rica) (2026.06.20 – ...)

Bishop Óscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén (76)
(2003.06.04 – 2026.06.20)

Bishop emeritus of Puntarenas (Costa Rica)

Born:	1949.12.22 (San Rafael de Oreamuno, Costa Rica)
Ordained Priest:	1977.07.08
Consecrated Bishop:	2003.07.25

Priest of San José (Costa Rica) (1977.07.08 – 2003.06.04)

Bishop of Puntarenas (Costa Rica) (2003.06.04 – 2026.06.20)

General Secretary of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica (2008 – 2011.08)

President of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica (2011.08 – 2017.08.11)

Bishop Hugo Barrantes Ureña (later Archbishop)
(1998.04.17 – 2002.07.13)

Born:	1936.05.21 (San Isidro de El General, Costa Rica)
Ordained Priest:	1961.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1998.07.16
Died:	2024.09.28 (San José, Costa Rica † 88)

Priest of San Isidro de El General (Costa Rica) (1961.12.23 – 1998.04.17)

Chaplain of His Holiness (1990.04.30 – 1998.04.17)

Bishop of Puntarenas (Costa Rica) (1998.04.17 – 2002.07.13)

Metropolitan Archbishop of San José (Costa Rica) (2002.07.13 – 2013.07.04)

President of Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica (2008.09 – 2011.08)