Roman Catholic Diocese of San Isidro de El General explained

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.

Bishops

Ordinaries

Other priest of this diocese who became bishop

Territorial losses

Year Along with To form
1998 Diocese of Puntarenas

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