Carlos Humberto Rodríguez Quirós (April 21, 1910 – July 23, 1986) was a

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n priest of the

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. Originally a

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monk in Europe, he left that order and returned to Costa Rica, where he was named Archbishop of San José in 1960. He was relieved by the Vatican of the administration of the archdiocese in 1978, and he resigned in 1979.

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1910 births 1986 deaths Carthusians 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in Costa Rica Roman Catholic archbishops of San José de Costa Rica {{CostaRica-RC-archbishop-stub