Jump to content

Antonio del Carmen Monestel Zamora

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Antonio del Carmen Monestel Zamora (1868–1937) was the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alajuela.

Monestel was a native of San Jose, Costa Rica. Monestel studied in Rome, and was ordained a priest in 1891. He served in various parishes as a parish priest, before serving in administrative positions with the Diocese of San Jose and then becoming Bishop of Alajuela.

Sources

[edit]