Diocese of San Isidro de El General
| Diocese of San Isidro de El General | |
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| Basic data | |
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| Country | Costa Rica |
| Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica |
| Diocesan bishop | Gabriel Enrique Montero Umaña OFM Conv |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop |
Ignacio Nazareno Trejo's Picado Guillermo Loría Garita |
| founding | 1954 |
| surface | 10,346 km² |
| Parishes | 26 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Residents | 388,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics | 377,000 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| proportion of | 97.2% |
| Diocesan priest | 49 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious priest | 11 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 6,283 |
| Permanent deacons | 1 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Friars | 17 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| Religious sisters | 47 (2014 / AP 2015 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral de San Isidro Labrador |
| Website | www.diocesissanisidro.org |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Isidro de El General ( latin Dioecesis Sancti Isidori , Spanish diócesis de San Isidro de El General ) is in Costa Rica situated Roman Catholic diocese , based in San Isidro de El General .
history
The diocese of San Isidro de El General was founded on August 19, 1954 by Pope Pius XII. established with the Apostolic Constitution Neminem fugit from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica and the Diocese of Alajuela and subordinated to the Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica as a suffragan . On 17 April 1998, the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Isidro de El General part of its territory was the foundation of the Apostolic Constitution Sacrorum Antistites erected Diocese of Puntarenas from.
Bishops of San Isidro de El General
- Delfín Quesada Castro , 1954–1974
- Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado , 1974-2003
- Guillermo Loría Garita , 2003-2013
- Gabriel Enrique Montero Umaña OFMConv , since 2013
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Diocese of San Isidro de El General (Spanish)
- Entry on the diocese of San Isidro de El General on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ioannes Paulus II : Const. Apost. Sacrorum Antistites , AAS 90 (1998), n.6, p. 381f.