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List Of Roman Catholic Dioceses In Costa Rica
The Roman Catholic Church in Costa Rica consists only of a Latin hierarchy, joint in the national Episcopal conference of Costa Rica, comprising only one ecclesiastical province headed by a Metropolitan archbishop, with seven suffragan dioceses each headed by a bishop. There are no eastern Catholic, pre-diocesan or other exempt jurisdictions. There are no titular sees. All defunct jurisdictions have current successor sees. There is an Apostolic Nunciature to Costa Rica as papal diplomatic representation (embassy) level) in national capital San José de Costa Rica. Current Latin Dioceses Ecclesiastical province of San José de Costa Rica http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/CR.htm GCatholic.org * Metropolitan Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Alajuela ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartago in Costa Rica ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Quesada ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Limón ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Puntarenas ** Roman Cath ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Alajuela
The Diocese of Alajuela ( la, Dioecesis Alaiuelensis) 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. The Diocese of Alajuela was erected on 16 February 1921. Bishops Ordinaries * Antonio del Carmen Monestel Zamora (1921–1937) * Víctor Manuel Sanabria Martínez (1938–1940), appointed Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica * Juan Vicente Solís Fernández (1940–1967) * Enrique Bolaños Quesada (1970–1980) * José Rafael Barquero Arce (1980–2007) * Angel San Casimiro Fernandez, O.A.R. (2007–2018) *Bartolomé Buigues Oller, T.C. (2018- ) Auxiliary bishops * Enrique Bolaños Quesada (1962–1970), appointed Bishop here * José Rafael Barquero Arce (1979–1980), appointed Bishop here Territorial losses See also * Catholic Church in Costa Rica * List of Roman Catholic dioceses in Costa Rica References Ex ...
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Roman Catholic Dioceses In Costa Rica
The Roman Catholic Church in Costa Rica consists only of a Latin hierarchy, joint in the national Episcopal conference of Costa Rica, comprising only one ecclesiastical province headed by a Metropolitan archbishop, with seven suffragan dioceses each headed by a bishop. There are no eastern Catholic, pre-diocesan or other exempt jurisdictions. There are no titular sees. All defunct jurisdictions have current successor sees. There is an Apostolic Nunciature to Costa Rica as papal diplomatic representation (embassy) level) in national capital San José de Costa Rica. Current Latin Dioceses Ecclesiastical province of San José de Costa Rica http://www.gcatholic.org/dioceses/country/CR.htm GCatholic.org * Metropolitan Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Alajuela ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartago in Costa Rica ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Quesada ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Limón ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Puntarenas ** Roman Cath ...
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List Of Catholic Dioceses (structured View)
As of October 5, 2021, the Catholic Church in its entirety comprises 3,171 ecclesiastical jurisdictions, including over 652 archdioceses and 2,248 dioceses, as well as apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, apostolic administrations, apostolic prefectures, military ordinariates, personal ordinariates, personal prelatures, territorial prelatures, territorial abbacies and missions ''sui juris'' around the world. In addition to these jurisdictions, there are 2,100 titular sees (bishoprics, archbishoprics and metropolitanates). This is a structural list to show the relationships of each diocese to one another, grouped by ecclesiastical province, within each episcopal conference, within each continent or other geographical area. The list needs regular updating and is incomplete, but as articles are written, more will be added, and various aspects need to be regularly updated. Map Types of Catholic dioceses This refers to Catholic dioceses in the world, of all (Latin o ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Tilarán
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of San Isidro De El General
The Diocese of San Isidro de El General ( la, 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 References External links * San Isidro de El General San Isidro de El General San Isidro de El General San Isidro de El General () is the first district of the canton of Pérez Zeledón, in the southern part of the province of San José in Costa Rica, as well as t ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Puntarenas
The Diocese of Puntarenas ( la, Dioecesis Puntarenensis) 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 17 April 1998. Ordinaries * Hugo Barrantes Ureña (1998–2002), appointed Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica * Oscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén (2003– ) External links and referencesDiócesis de Puntarenas Costa Rica ''official site (in Spanish)'' * Puntarenas Puntarenas Puntarenas Puntarenas () is a city in the Puntarenas canton of Puntarenas Province, on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. As the seat of the Municipality of Puntarenas canton, it is awarded the title of city, which is made from the Puntarenas, Chacarita and ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Limón
The Diocese of Limón 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 16 February 1921 as a apostolic vicariate, elevated to a diocese on 30 December 1994. Ordinaries * Agustín Blessing Presinger, C.M. (1921–1934) * Carlos Alberto Wollgarten, C.M. (1935–1937) * Juan Paulo Odendahl Metz, C.M. (1938–1957) * Alfonso Hoefer Hombach, C.M. (1958–1979) * Alfonso Coto Monge (1980–1994) *José Francisco Ulloa Rojas José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacu ... (1994–2005), appointed Bishop of Cartago * José Rafael Quirós Quirós (2005–2013), appointed Archbishop of San José de Costa Rica * J ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Ciudad Quesada
The Diocese of Ciudad Quesada 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. the episcopal see is Ciudad Quesada (or, more simply, Quesada; alternatively known as San Carlos). Ciudad Quesada is the capital of the District of Ciudad Quesada, and of the larger Canton of San Carlos, which is in turn part of Alajuela Province. The diocese was erected on 25 July 1995. On 31 December 2012, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Bishop Oswaldo Brenes Álvarez from the pastoral governance of the diocese; there was no immediate replacement, so the diocese was a sede vacante (vacant see). Bishops * Angel San Casimiro Fernández, O.A.R. (1995–2007), appointed Bishop of Alajuela * Oswaldo Brenes Álvarez (2008–2012) * José Manuel Garita Herrera (2014– ) See also * Catholic Church in Costa Rica References Ext ...
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Roman Catholic Diocese Of Cartago In Costa Rica
The Diocese of Cartago ( la, Dioecesis Carthaginensis in Costa Rica) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Costa Rica. The Diocese of Cartago in Costa Rica is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province covering all Costa Rica of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica . Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral de Nuestra Señora de El Carmen, dedicated to Our Lady of Carmel, in Cartago, Cartago province, central Costa Rica. It also has two Minor Basilicas: the Basílica de la Inmaculada Concepción, dedicated to the Immaculate Conception, in Tejar; and the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de Los Ángeles, dedicated to Our Lady of Angels, both in Cartago. History Erected on 24 May 2005 as Diocese of Cartago (in Costa Rica), on territories split off from the metropolitan Archdiocese of San José (whose suffragan it became) and the Diocese of Limón. Statistics , it pastorally served 442,000 Catholics (90. ...
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of San José De Costa Rica
The Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Costa Rica. A Metropolitan bishop, metropolitan see, there are seven suffragan dioceses in its ecclesiastical province: the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alajuela, Diocese of Alajuela, Roman Catholic Diocese of Cartago in Costa Rica, Cartago, Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Quesada, Ciudad Quesada, Roman Catholic Diocese of Limón, Limón, Roman Catholic Diocese of Puntarenas, Puntarenas, Roman Catholic Diocese of San Isidro de El General, San Isidro de El General, and Roman Catholic Diocese of Tilarán, Tilarán. Erected on 28 February 1850, the Diocese of San José de Costa Rica was elevated to an archdiocese on 16 February 1921. It is the sole archdiocese in Costa Rica. Bishops Ordinaries *Anselmo Llorente y La Fuente (1851–1871) *Bernardo Augusto Thiel Hoffman (1880–1901) *Juan Gaspar Stork, C.M. (1904–1920) *Rafael Otón Castro Jiménez (1921–1939 ...
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Episcopal Conference
An episcopal conference, sometimes called a conference of bishops, is an official assembly of the bishops of the Catholic Church in a given territory. Episcopal conferences have long existed as informal entities. The first assembly of bishops to meet regularly, with its own legal structure and ecclesial leadership function, is the Swiss Bishops' Conference, which was founded in 1863. More than forty episcopal conferences existed before the Second Vatican Council. Their status was confirmed by the Second Vatican Council and further defined by Pope Paul VI's 1966 ''motu proprio'', ''Ecclesiae sanctae''. Episcopal conferences are generally defined by geographic borders, often national ones, with all the bishops in a given country belonging to the same conference, although they may also include neighboring countries. Certain authority and tasks are assigned to episcopal conferences, particularly with regard to setting the liturgical norms for the Mass. Episcopal conferences receive ...
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