Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica
| Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica | |
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| Country | Costa Rica |
| Diocesan bishop | José Rafael Quirós Quirós |
| Auxiliary bishop | Daniel Francisco Blanco Méndez |
| Emeritus diocesan bishop | Hugo Barrantes Ureña |
| founding | 1850 |
| surface | 2,686 km² |
| Parishes | 107 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Residents | 2,066,500 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics | 1,468,800 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| proportion of | 71.1% |
| Diocesan priest | 251 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious priest | 112 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Catholics per priest | 4,046 |
| Permanent deacons | 19 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Friars | 316 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| Religious sisters | 615 (2017 / AP 2018 ) |
| rite | Roman rite |
| Liturgical language | Spanish |
| cathedral | Catedral Metropolitana San José |
| Website | www.arquisanjose.org |
| Suffragan dioceses |
Diocese of Alajuela Diocese of Cartago Diocese of Ciudad Quesada Diocese of Limón Diocese of Puntarenas Diocese of San Isidro de El General Diocese of Tilarán-Liberia |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica ( lat. : Archidioecesis Sancti Iosephi in Costa Rica ) is one in Costa Rica situated Roman Catholic archdiocese , based in San José .
history
The Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica was founded on February 28, 1850 by Pope Pius IX. established with the Apostolic Constitution Christianae religionis from cessions of territory of the Diocese of León en Nicaragua as the Diocese of San José de Costa Rica . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Guatemala as a suffragan .
On February 16, 1921, the Diocese of San José de Costa Rica gave parts of its territory to the establishment of the Diocese of Alajuela and the establishment of the Vicariate Apostolic Limón . On the same day it was made by Pope Benedict XV. with the Apostolic Constitution Praedecessorum raised to the archbishopric.
On August 19, 1954, the Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica was part of its territory to the founding of the Apostolic Constitution fugit Neminem erected Diocese of San Isidro de El General from. Another area assignment on 24 May 2005 on the establishment of the Apostolic Constitution contingit Saepe erected Diocese of Cartago .
Ordinaries
Cathedral in San José (interior view)
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Bishops of San José de Costa Rica
- Anselmo Llorente y La Fuente , 1851–1871
- Luis Bruschetti , 1871-1880
- Bernhard August Thiel CM , 1880–1901
- Juan Gaspar Stork CM, 1904-1920
Archbishops of San José de Costa Rica
- Rafael Otón Castro Jiménez , 1921–1939
- Víctor Sanabria Martínez , 1940–1952
- Rubén Odio Herrera , 1952-1959
- Carlos Humberto Rodríguez Quirós , 1960–1979
- Román Arrieta Villalobos , 1979-2002
- Hugo Barrantes Ureña , 2002–2013
- José Rafael Quirós Quirós , since 2013
See also
Web links
- Homepage of the Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica (Spanish)
- Entry on the Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica on catholic-hierarchy.org (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Benedictus XVI : Const. Apost. Saepe contingit , AAS 97 (2005), n.6, p. 772f.