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The Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica is a
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ecclesiastical territory or
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of the
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in
Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...
. A
metropolitan see Metropolitan may refer to: Areas and governance (secular and ecclesiastical) * Metropolitan archdiocese, the jurisdiction of a metropolitan archbishop ** Metropolitan bishop or archbishop, leader of an ecclesiastical "mother see" * Metropolitan ...
, there are seven
suffragan diocese A suffragan diocese is one of the dioceses other than the metropolitan archdiocese that constitute an ecclesiastical province. It exists in some Christian denominations, in particular the Catholic Church, the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandr ...
s in its
ecclesiastical province An ecclesiastical province is one of the basic forms of jurisdiction in Christian churches, including those of both Western Christianity and Eastern Christianity, that have traditional hierarchical structures. An ecclesiastical province consist ...
: the Diocese of Alajuela, Cartago,
Ciudad Quesada Quesada is a district of the San Carlos canton, in the Alajuela province of Costa Rica. It is the head city of the canton of San Carlos. Although Ciudad Quesada is the official name, it is commonly referred to by the area name of San Carlos. Ciu ...
,
Limón Limón (), also known as Puerto Limón, is the capital city of both the province and canton of the same name. One of Costa Rica's seven "middle cities" (i.e., main cities outside of San José's Greater Metropolitan Area), Limón has a populat ...
,
Puntarenas Puntarenas () is a city in the 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 comprises the Puntarenas, Chacarita and El Roble districts. A ...
,
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 the name of said district's main city. San Isidro de El General is the most populous ...
, and
Tilarán Tilarán is a small town and a district in Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica. It is the seat of the Tilarán Canton located in the hills overlooking the west shore of Lake Arenal. It is connected by road to El Silencio, and by the 142 road down ...
. 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

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Anselmo Llorente y La Fuente Anselmo may refer to: It may also refer to: Places *Anselmo, Alberta, Canada *Anselmo, Nebraska, US *San Anselmo, California, US People Given name *Anselmo (given name), various individuals *Anselmo de Moraes (born 1989), Brazilian football ...
(1851–1871) *
Bernardo Augusto Thiel Hoffman Bernardo Augusto Thiel y Hoffmann was a Catholic priest from Germany and the second bishop of Costa Rica from 1880 until his death in 1901. He was born in Elberfeld, North German Confederation, on April 1, 1850. His parents were José Thiel Keller ...
(1880–1901) * Juan Gaspar Stork, C.M. (1904–1920) *
Rafael Otón Castro Jiménez Rafael may refer to: * Rafael (given name) or Raphael, a name of Hebrew origin * Rafael, California Fiction * ''Rafael'' (TV series), a Mexican telenovela * ''Rafaël'' (film), a 2018 Dutch film People * Rafael (footballer, born 1978) ( ...
(1921–1939) *
Víctor Manuel Sanabria Martínez Víctor is a Spanish masculine given name, equivalent to Victor in English and Vítor in Portuguese. Notable people with the given name include: *Víctor Barrio (1987–2016), Spanish bullfighter * Víctor Cabrera (Argentine footballer) * Víctor ...
(1940–1952) *
Rubén Odio Herrera Reuben or Reuven is a Biblical male first name from Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (Re'uven), meaning "behold, a son". In the Bible, Reuben was the firstborn son of Jacob. Variants include Reuvein in Yiddish or as an English variant spelling on the ...
(1952–1959) *
Carlos Humberto Rodríguez Quirós Carlos Humberto Rodríguez Quirós (April 21, 1910 – July 23, 1986) was a Costa Rican priest of the Catholic Church. Originally a Carthusian The Carthusians, also known as the Order of Carthusians (), are a Latin enclosed religious orde ...
(1960–1979) *
Román Arrieta Villalobos Román Arrieta Villalobos, known as ''Manzanita'' (1924-2004), was a Catholic Archbishop in Costa Rica. He was born in San Antonio de Belén, Costa Rica, on November 13, 1924. He finished his secondary studies in Heredia before entering the C ...
(1979–2002) *
Hugo Barrantes Ureña Hugo Barrantes Ureña (21 May 1936 – 28 September 2024) was a Costa Rican Roman Catholic prelate. He was bishop of Puntarenas Puntarenas () is a city in the Puntarenas Province, on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. As the seat of the Munic ...
(2002–2013) *
José Rafael Quirós Quirós José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...
(2013– )


Auxiliary bishops

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Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado Ignacio is a male Spanish name originating in the Latin name "Ignatius" from ''ignis'' "fire". This was the name of several saints, including the third bishop of Antioch (who was thrown to wild beasts by emperor Trajan) and Saint Ignatius of Loy ...
(1968-1974), appointed Bishop of San Isidro de El General *
Antonio Troyo Calderón Antonio Troyo Calderón (October 18, 1923 – December 1, 2015) was a Costa Rican Prelate of the Catholic Church The Catholic Church (), also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of memb ...
(1979-2002) *
Daniel Francisco Blanco Méndez Daniel commonly refers to: * Daniel (given name), a masculine given name and a surname * List of people named Daniel * List of people with surname Daniel * Daniel (biblical figure) * Book of Daniel, a biblical apocalypse, "an account of the activi ...
(2017-


Other priests of this diocese who became bishops

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Antonio del Carmen Monestel y Zamora Antonio is a masculine given name of Etruscan origin deriving from the root name Antonius. It is a common name among Romance language–speaking populations as well as the Balkans and Lusophone Africa. It has been among the top 400 most popular m ...
, appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Comayagua, Honduras in 1915 * Claudio María Volio y Jiménez, appointed Bishop of Santa Rosa de Copán, Honduras in 1916 *
Vicente Juan Solís Fernández Vicente is a Spanish and Portuguese name. Like its French variant, Vincent, it is derived from the Latin name ''Vincentius'' meaning "conquering" (from Latin ''vincere'', "to conquer"). Vicente may refer to: Places *São Vicente, Cape Verde, an i ...
, appointed Bishop of Alajuela in 1940 * Alfonso Coto Monge, appointed Vicar Apostolic of Limón in 1980 *
José Francisco Ulloa Rojas José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced very differently in each of the two languages: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , ...
, appointed Bishop of Limón in 1994 * Oscar Gerardo Fernández Guillén, appointed Bishop of Puntarenas in 2003 * José Manuel Garita Herrera, appointed Bishop of Ciudad Quesada in 2014 *
Javier Gerardo Román Arias Javier may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Javier, in video game '' Advance Wars: Dual Strike'' * Javier Rios, a character in the Monsters, Inc. franchise. * ''Javier'' (album), a 2003 album by the American singer Javier Colon, known a ...
, appointed Bishop of Limón in 2015 *
Manuel Eugenio Salazar Mora Manuel may refer to: People * Manuel (name), a given name and surname * Manuel (''Fawlty Towers''), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers'' * Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire * Manuel I of Portugal, king of Po ...
, appointed Bishop of Tilarán-Liberia in 2016 * Mario Enrique Quirós Quirós (priest here, 1994-2005), appointed Bishop of Cartago in 2017


Territorial losses


See also

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Catholic Church in Costa Rica The Catholic Church in Costa Rica is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope in Rome. Catholicism is the state religion of the country, and there are approximately 2.3 million Catholics—47% of the tota ...
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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 ea ...


References


External links


Arquidiocesis de San José Costa Rica
''official site (in Spanish)'' * * bsolete; cite the second edition San Jose de Costa Rica San Jose de Costa Rica San Jose de Costa Rica 1850 establishments in Costa Rica {{RC-diocese-stub