RELIGION IN COSTA RICA
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Religions of Costa Rica, 69% of the country's population of approximately 4.3 million is Roman Catholic. However, it is believed that only about 40% of the populace actually observe Roman Catholic practices and tenets. The rest are only denominationally Catholic and do not practice their professed religion with any serious religious fervor.
Protestant Christians that include members of the Methodist, Baptist, Evangelical, and Episcopal Churches, account for about 14% of the population, while another 12% are atheists. Besides these, there are Seventh Day Adventists and Jehovah's Witnesses who have a marked presence in certain coastal areas. The Seventh Day Adventists even maintain a university, which attracts a large number of students from all over Costa Rica.
For a relatively small country, the number of religions practiced here is quite high due to the many non-Christian religions followed here. Believers in Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Buddhism, Baha'i Faith, Taoism, Hare Krishna, Scientology, Tenrikyo and others have their own temples, mosques, synagogues, pagodas and similar places of worship. If you have a religious website or information please feel free to add your information with no need for a link back, just use the contract page. TicoTimes.com thanks Clifton L Holland for his contribution of this category.
Directory of Protestant Denominations in Costa Rica
Need more information? Clifton L Holland, director of PROLADES, has several Adobe PDF downloads on Religious Groups in Costa Rica | Chronology of Protestant Beginning | Costa Rica Religious Groups | Costa Rica Religion 1983-2007 | Spanish Directory of Religion
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|  Costa Rica Jewish Information Site. Has English Translation - http://www.centroisraelita.com/ |
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|  Congregation B'nel Israel - Judaism in Costa Rica - http://www.bnei-israel.org/Congregation B’nei Israel is a liberal community founded in 1986 in San Jose, Costa Rica. It is affiliated with the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ) and the Union of Jewish Congregations of Latin America and the Caribbean (UJCL). - Read more |
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|  Sanidad Interior & Liberacion in Heredia, Costa Rica - http://www.ministeriomisil.com/Buscas una respuesta a un problema extremo?Visitanos!! Conoce la sanidad Interior & la Liberación restauradora - Read more |
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|  Building churches and relationships in the "Zona Sur" - http://costaricamissionprojects.com/ |
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|  Costa Rican Presbyterian Church - http://costarica.binationalministry.org/ |
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|  Costa Rica Mission Project - http://www.costaricamissionprojects.com/Christian service and relationship between churches in the United States and Costa Rica. We believe that as Christians we are called to serve one another - Read more |
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|  Conventual Franciscan Friars - Immaculate Conception Province - http://www.franciscanseast.org/Conventual Franciscan Friars, Friar Fernando Quiros is the Guardian and Director of Formation. Friar Eugene Rivera is in residence and carries a heavy load of pastoral emergency duties, and Friar Jose Matarita teaches at Saint Francis College - Read more |
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|  Missionaries in Costa Rica. Gary and Karen Shogren - http://www.shogrens.com/Gary and Karen Shogren are missionaries to Costa Rica with Latin America Mission. Gary is the President and Professor of New Testament at ESEPA, a Bible College and Seminary. - Read more |
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|  San Jose, Costa Rica - LDS Church and Temples - http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/sanjose/The San José Costa Rica Temple district includes five stakes and seventeen districts in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Panama with about 32,000 members. This will be the first temple in Costa Rica and the second in Central America. - Read more |
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|  The Tepeyac Christian School. San José, Costa Rica - http://missionsurc.org/?q=node/2The Tepeyac Reformed church sustains a daughter church in the community of Los Cuadros. Roberto Venegas pastor. - Read more |
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|  Inicio - Al que vive, Jesucristo - http://www.jesusvive.com/El corre corre diario, nos hace alejarnos de Dios, y aunque le sirvamos, los Cristianos no estamos ajenos a caer en afan y depresion. - Read more |
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|  Words of Pure Life - Christian Missionaries - http://www.wordsofpurelife.com/We are a large Christian family called to minister in Central America, especially in Jaco, Costa Rica. - Read more |
