Roman Catholic Diocese of San Isidro de El General
Appearance
Diocese of San Isidro de El General Dioecesis Sancti Isidori Diócesis de San Isidro de El General | |
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Location | |
Country | Costa Rica |
Ecclesiastical province | Province of San José de Costa Rica |
Metropolitan | José Rafael Quirós Quirós |
Statistics | |
Area | 10,346 km2 (3,995 sq mi) |
Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2010) 369,000 359,000 (97.3%) |
Parishes | 26 |
Information | |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
Rite | Roman Rite |
Established | 19 August 1954 (70 years ago) |
Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Isidore |
Current leadership | |
Pope | Francis |
Bishop | Juan Miguel Castro Rojas |
Bishops emeritus | Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado Guillermo Loría Garita Gabriel Enrique Montero Umaña, O.F.M. Conv. |
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The Diocese of San Isidro de El General (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Isidori 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 on 19 August 1954.
Bishops
Ordinaries
- Delfín Quesada Castro (1954−1974)
- Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado (1974−2003)
- Guillermo Loría Garita (2003−2013)
- Gabriel Enrique Montero Umaña, O.F.M. Conv. (2013–2021)
- Juan Miguel Castro Rojas (2021–present)
Other priest of this diocese who became bishop
- Hugo Barrantes Ureña, appointed Bishop of Puntarenas in 1998
Territorial losses
Year | Along with | To form |
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1998 | Diocese of Tilarán | Diocese of Puntarenas |
References
External links
- "Diocese of San Isidro de El General". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-15. [self-published]
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