Jurisdiction: | Diocese |
San Isidro de El General | |
Latin: | Dioecesis Sancti Isidori |
Local: | Diócesis de San Isidro de El General |
Country: | Costa Rica |
Metropolitan: | José Rafael Quirós Quirós |
Province: | Province of San José de Costa Rica |
Area Km2: | 10,346 |
Population: | 369,000 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Catholics: | 359,000 |
Catholics Percent: | 97.3 |
Parishes: | 26 |
Denomination: | Catholic Church |
Sui Iuris Church: | Latin Church |
Rite: | Roman Rite |
Established: | 19 August 1954 (years ago) |
Bishop Title: | Bishop |
Bishop: | Juan Miguel Castro Rojas |
Emeritus Bishops: | Ignacio Nazareno Trejos Picado Guillermo Loría Garita Gabriel Enrique Montero Umaña, O.F.M. Conv. |
Map: | Costa Rica - Diocesi di San Isidro de El General.jpg |
The Diocese of San Isidro de El General (Latin: Dioecesis Sancti Isidori 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. It was erected as a diocese on 19 August 1954.
Year | Along with | To form | |
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1998 | Diocese of Puntarenas |