Diocese of Ciudad Quesada

Dioecesis Civitatis Quesadensis

Diócesis de Ciudad Quesada
Catedral San Carlos Borromeo
Location
CountryCosta Rica
Ecclesiastical provinceProvince of San José de Costa Rica
MetropolitanHugo Barrantes Ureña
Statistics
Area9,838 km2 (3,798 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2006)
267,645
214,116 (80%)
Parishes18
Information
DenominationCatholic Church
Sui iuris churchLatin Church
RiteRoman Rite
Established25 July 1995 (28 years ago)
CathedralCathedral of St. Charles Borromeo
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
BishopJosé Manuel Garita Herrera
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The Diocese of Ciudad Quesada is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Costa Rica. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of San José de Costa Rica. the episcopal see is Ciudad Quesada (or, more simply, Quesada; alternatively known as San Carlos). Ciudad Quesada is the capital of the District of Ciudad Quesada, and of the larger Canton of San Carlos, which is in turn part of Alajuela Province. The diocese was erected on 25 July 1995.

On 31 December 2012, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Bishop Oswaldo Brenes Álvarez from the pastoral governance of the diocese; there was no immediate replacement, so the diocese was a sede vacante (vacant see).[1]

Bishops

  • Angel San Casimiro Fernández, O.A.R. (1995–2007), appointed Bishop of Alajuela
  • Oswaldo Brenes Álvarez (2008–2012)
  • José Manuel Garita Herrera (2014– )

See also

References

  1. "Rinuncia del vescovo di Ciudad Quesada (Costa Rica)". NEWS.va (in Italian). 31 December 2012.

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