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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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, and Maritime boundary, maritime border with Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island. It has a population of around five million in a land area of . An estimated 333,980 people live in the capital and largest city, San José, Costa Rica, San José, with around two million people in the surrounding metropolitan area. The sovereign state is a Unitary state, unitary Presidential system, presidential Constitution of Costa Rica, constitutional republic. It has a long-standing and stable democracy and a highly educated workforce. The country spends roughly 6.9% of its budget (2016) on education, compared to a global average of 4.4%. Its economy, once heavily dependent on agricultu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |