Roman Catholic Diocese of San Isidro de El General
Diocese of San Isidro de El General Dioecesis Sancti Isidori Diócesis de San Isidro de El General | |
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 Catedral de San Isidro Labrador | |
| 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
[edit]Ordinaries
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Hugo Barrantes Ureña, appointed Bishop of Puntarenas in 1998
Territorial losses
[edit]| Year | Along with | To form |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Diocese of Tilarán | Diocese of Puntarenas |
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- "Diocese of San Isidro de El General". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2007-02-15. [self-published]
9°22′25″N 83°42′08″W / 9.3736°N 83.7023°W
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