List of the bishops of San José

The diocese of San José in Costa Rica was under Pius IX. Founded on February 25, 1850 from the Diocese of León (Nicaragua) . Under Benedict XV. was founded on February 16, 1921 with the promotion of the diocese to the Archdiocese of San José, the Diocese of Alajuela and the Apostolic Vicariate of Limón .

Surname	Date of birth	vocation	ordination	Retirement	date of death
Anselmo Llorente y La Fuente	April 21, 1800	April 10, 1851	November 7, 1851		September 23, 1871
Luis Bruschetti		1871		1880	1881
Bernhard August Thiel	April 1, 1850	February 27, 1880	September 5, 1880		September 9, 1901
Juan Gaspar Stork , CM	June 7, 1856	June 1, 1904	August 24, 1904		December 12, 1920
Rafael Otón Castro Jiménez	January 16, 1877	March 10, 1921	August 2, 1921		December 14, 1939
Víctor Sanabria Martínez	January 17, 1899	March 7, 1940	April 25, 1940		June 8, 1952
Rubén Odio Herrera	October 22, 1901	1952	December 12, 1952		August 28, 1959
Carlos Humberto Rodríguez Quirós	April 21, 1910	May 5th 1960	May 26, 1960	March 24, 1979	July 23, 1986
Román Arrieta Villalobos	November 13, 1924	2nd July 1979	September 21, 1961	July 13, 2002	March 8, 2005
Hugo Barrantes Ureña	May 21, 1936	July 13, 2002	July 16, 1998