Roman Catholic Diocese of Ciudad Quesada explained

Jurisdiction:Diocese
Ciudad Quesada
Latin:Dioecesis Civitatis Quesadensis
Local:Diócesis de Ciudad Quesada
Country:Costa Rica
Metropolitan:Hugo Barrantes Ureña
Province:Province of San José de Costa Rica
Area Km2:9,838
Population:267,645
Population As Of:2006
Catholics:214,116
Catholics Percent:80
Parishes:18
Denomination:Catholic Church
Sui Iuris Church:Latin Church
Rite:Roman Rite
Established:25 July 1995 (years ago)
Bishop Title:Bishop
Bishop:José Manuel Garita Herrera
Map:Costa Rica - Diocesi di Ciudad Quesada.jpg

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rinuncia del vescovo di Ciudad Quesada (Costa Rica). NEWS.va. 31 December 2012. it.