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TheCatholic Church in Costa Rica is part of the worldwideCatholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of thePope inRome. 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 eightdioceses and onearchdiocese: